Hotel Carlton Antananarivo Madagascar
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Venturing into the unknown
... and the plethora of information on the web, we still felt as if we were stepping into the unknown as we said goodbye to our hosts. It would be 5 weeks before we saw them again. I'm pretty sure they thought we were utterly bonkers contemplating the 1000km trip. Why not just hire a car and driver for a week, instead of spending weeks in the searing heat! Why not indeed??? Finding a taxi willing to take us and our bikes proved a ...
MADagascar!
... I was planning on staying here today, maybe going to work or something, but that is such a good deal I must leave for a town that is six hours away RIGHT NOW!” No? Me neither… Once a taxi brousse is full, and this is a new definition of full roughly defined as number of actual seats x 2, it will leave. Your bags are now strapped to the roof with some string, and if you’re really unlucky some of the chickens that everyone seemed to be ...
The Urban Jungle
... mean less profit for those involved). I was disappointed, moreso when I found out that Potsy's English wasn't particularly good. If I'd tried, I probably could have found a driver who spoke better English with a rental car for the same money, or a cheaper driver with his own car. However, Potsy said he would be useful in recommending hotels and guides for my trip, and due to the fact that I didn't have much free time before I left Tana, I decided to go with it. ...
Planning, Planning and more Planning
... and eager to have us enjoy our stay without having to empty our wallets. Leu, the proprietess of Tana-Jacaranda, and her staff are full of good advice, hospitality and smiles. Jacaranda is a wonderful base for our plans, cross fingers that Rhiannon comes back with Chantel with good news and a booking with the postal service.
***Yay...postal service booked....hotel in Mahajana will be OK....still need to find out about a boat/ship.
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Day 1 at the Clinic
... We were totally shocked as to the condition of the clinic. I must confess, I thought we would be working with rusty needles and mallets as anesthesia for the next week or so. We met up with Carlina just before lunch and she is a great lady. Very flamboyant and out there, she also owns a security company on the island and apparently originally had built the vet clinic for her own dogs but when word got out she opened it ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Swimming pool
- Fitness/Health center
- Business Services