La Piscine Hotel
Travel Blogs from Mahajanga
Still stranded in Mahajanga/Amborovy
... the rough because this is an area in decline. The prevailing colours are brown and the sprinkled blue and white of plastic bags and discarded refuse. There is still a lot of construction going on, but it seems to be desperate rather than positive. The vendors and touts also have a note of desperation, the sounds of a people used to largesse and now staring at an ever decreasing source of income. Their ferry ...
Food, Francs & Relaxation
... to the establishment but are as varied as: Goat, Zebu, Horse, Frog, Fish, Seafood, Pork, and 2 kinds of Chicken. Everything seems to be done with a delicious range of sauces, and for the sanitary concious meat is only available 'well done'. One special note should be made for the unwary. On Reunion I think I mentioned that their Sauce Piquant was very piquant and only for the brave. In Madagascar they serve an innocent looking yellow sauce with most meals. ...
Buffeted & Baked (at least the nights are cool)
... roads here (even the "highway") are special to say the least, and the towns difficult to negotiate. No leg room and few stops put everyone in varying states during the trip. Ten hours, and now the equal third on my list of worst bus rides. And that's competing with the infamous (I think I've mentioned it to you all) 13.5 hour sleeper bus in Vietnam, the hairy 8.5 hour ride in Nepal and the agonising detour (complete with regular throwing up from ...
Majunga
... got no choice Me and you are subject to The blues now and then But when you take the blues And make a song You sing 'em out again Song sung blue, weeping like a willow Song sung blue, sleeping on my pillow Funny thing, But you can sing it with a cry in your voice And before you know it start to feeling good You simply got no choice Song sung blue Song sung blue Funny thing, But you can sing it with a cry in your ...
I found a gold mine. literally.
... to India nonwithstanding, it wasn't too creepy as they were actually pretty nice. Here is the kicker though. Rose and I had surmised they were rich - Indian business men in Tana, buying us tickets to India, living in Dubai part time...go figure. We didn't count on them owning a gold mine. Which they did. Literally, a gold mine. Its gold digging in a whole new way!!!!!!! Glory. So after that night I have a new focus. Not any rich husband will do. He ...
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