Ibis Antananarivo

"Joe le taxi" - Vanessa Paradis Joe le taxi Y va pas partout Y marche pas au soda Son saxo jaune Connait toutes les rues par coeur Tous les p'tits bars Tous les coins noirs Et la Seine Et ses ponts qui brillent Dans sa caisse La musique a Joe C'est la rumba Le vieux rock au mambo Joe le taxi C'est sa vie Le rhum au mambo Embouteillage Il est comme ca Rhum et mambo Joe - Joe - Joe Dans sa ...

... stand with their slightly odd adornment of an eagle and a giant phallus - apparently both signs of royalty. From there i started the downhill trek first taking in an interesting museum in the old prime ministers house. It seems all the old kings and queens were rather teeny (if their outfits are anything to go by) and at least a couple were pretty psychotic enjoying pastimes such as throwing christian martyrs off nearby ...

... feet to my home. Anna: Please, I didn't hear your voice, you don't know how much I love you. And tomorrow, what's flying in your mind? John: Ok! It doesn't matter. Tomorrow is the time especially for the lovers, it is Valentine's Day. Come with me, my angel. I have no spite on you anymore. Jenny: Wow! (with several jumps) Wishes to the lovers! Go be with each other ...

... Dr T finds the stairway to heaven. Weights are carried on the head. Mostly by women. It is an amazing world. I go home impressed. We eat in the hotel. I have my first zebu. This is the local cow. The waiter thinks it is very funny that I never had zebu before. I guess, it is like saying in Belgium, you never had any beef. Early day tomorrow. We rented a car. With driver. As you do here. We are planning to go to the Lemur Parc, the palace and the croq farm.

Slept better in spite of quite a bit of noise from the corridor at times. Had a nice breakfast in the Garden Cafe, the main restaurant was closed as it was Sunday. I headed out for a last wander. I had totally that it was a week until Easter but this was obviously Palm Sunday, with leaves and palm brances being sold on every corner. There were lots of people in their Sunday best, heading for one church ...

... a cyclone and so I left the next day by rented minibus for a 6 hour drive to Ramofana National Park. Had an enjoyable 3 hour guided trek in this rainforest and saw numerous lemurs in their natural habitat. &amp ;nbs p; &amp ;nbs p; &amp ;nbs p; &amp ;nbs p; &amp ;nbs p; &amp ;nbs p ...

... and making great flying leaps from one tree to another. We commented to each other about the incredible diversity in the great creation we see around the world. To think that it all would develop by chance, and some inexplicable natural-selection decent with modification, takes more faith to believe, than to accept the existence of a Creator! From the park we drove to the Prime Minister's palace, the silhouette of which I could see from my hotel window. Sadly the ...

... again next weekend (Nov. 4), so feel free to email and /or call. Love you and miss you all!!!!! Happy Halloween and think of me at all those cool Halloween parties! I taught my 2ndé kids about Halloween and they thought it was the funniest thing that we dress up in other clothes and give out candy. As I was explaining it i realized how weird it really is..... but I still miss it and all the fall colors!!! Love you all and hope to hear from you soon! Love and God bless, A :)

... Then they forgot to put the English class on one of her classe's schedules. So the students thought they had a free period. When she finally got to a classroom, it didn't have a chalk board. And that's the norm here. After class on Friday, I found a seamstress to sew sheets for my bed. I thought it would be relatively easy to explain, two sheets and two pillows. But like everything here, something that should only take a few minutes to do inevitably ...

... amazed when I see these wooden carts. Other things are starting to become more familiar. For example, today when we came to Tana, it didn't seem quite as dirty and poor as usual. I guess we are becoming accustomed to our new environment. We are starting to pick up more on the language (I think- I only tested at intermediate low). Once we get to our site, we will have a lot more free time to study and speak with our neighbors and hopefully learn more! Jenny & Aaron