Hotel des Thermes Antsirabe

Back again in Antsirabe, a nice city to hang out and recover from trekking through the national parks. many restauraunts and nice surroundings can be found here. Hotel Chez Billy - a good place to stay. Also i decided to go on travelling on my own again, no more chauffer.

... hatten) die kleinen Tsingys, wo mon sogar darauf hinaufklettern konnte. Beim Abstieg sahen wir eine ganze Familie Kronen Lemuren. Sie kletterten auf einem grossen Fikusbaum bis auf ca. 2m an uns heran und liessen sich beim Blätterfressen nicht stören. Zum Abendessen gabs reichlich Krabben. Das war eine herrliche Schlacht am ganzen Tisch. Übernachtung mit schmatzenden Geckos in der Hütte.

Auf dem Weg nach Mahamasina sind wir an unseren ersten roten Tsingys vorbeigekommen. Diese rstaunlichen Kalksteinformationen faszinierten uns. Unsere Unterkunft in Mahamasina wird für die nächsten zwei Tage in den Gästehütten bei einer Familie sein. (Wohnen wie die Einheimischen).

... blue with a backdrop of layered rock and a forest of trees it was a perfect sight for a rest. Luckily the sellers spied a group of 9 tourists on mountain bikes (who we had passed earlier with a slight look of jealousy we thought) coming along the dirt track. They arrived all hot and sweaty as we sat calm and cool tucking into our picnic of fresh baguette and cheese. Needless to say the children/adults vendors swamped the sweaty bikers and that left us to ...

... fully expect never to see Mr. Florent ever again. Everything, besides the bustling street market, is closed as it is Sunday but the streets are packed with people. I quickly realize that I'm the only white person around and apparently that makes it quite alright for little kids, mothers and young men alike to harass me for money and/or offer me various **** I don't want. For some reason almost every person is offering me marijuana... I ...

... USA for good, there's still some American traditions that need to be introduced in Madagascar. Like the excitement of basketball, and the countdown of a tournament. Satellite television is limited here, and even then it doesn't broadcast college basketball. In lieu of watching the actual March Madness, Peace Corps volunteers are creating their own, and tweaking it a little, to benefit people educationally as well as socially. We will have a 3 day, 3-on-3 basketball ...

... time and now you can see the direct result of our efforts in the pictures that were added to Amy's earlier entry. As I'm sure you'll be able to tell, we were able to change the lives of several young women, who were able to take part in a great week of fun, fellowship, learning and laughter. Some of my favorite pictures were of the "God's Eyes" that they ...

Today was frustrating. Caitlin and I got up early so we could take a taxi-brousse (bush taxi) with Beth; our stop, Antsirabe, is halfway between the capital, Tana, and Beth's stop, Fianar (8 hours south), so we were just going to get off in Antsirabe. After charging us the full fare (despite everyone knowing that they'd be able to pick up more people in Antsirabe), they lied to us continually for 3 1/2 hours about how we were ...

la RN7 est la principale route de Mada, c'est aussi la plus touristique. Elle permet de rejoindre Tuléar en passant par Antsirabé, Ambositra, Fianar, Ambalovao et le Parc de l'Isalo. C'est donc sur cette route qu'on a le plus de chance de rencontrer des touristes, le plus souvent des Français. On arrive à Antsirabé. C'est une petite ...