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Back to Tana and end of trip thoughts
... note they had was 20 Euros and rather than giving my excess Ariary back, they just kept it. It was only about $15 worth but it was the principle of the matter, rather than give it back, there mindset was that they'd keep it and say nothing. I eventually boarded my Kenya Airways flight to Nairobi, Kenya, from where I'd be joining a Tucan group tour on Saturday for 4 weeks in East Africa.
So what did I think of Madagascar?
Well, the main reason ...
The Urban Jungle
... 3.50)
Day 3: Car and driver (Day 1) €40 = $54
Petrol 140,000Ar ($70)
Zoo 10,000Ar ($5), camera 2,000Ar ($1), parking 1,000Ar (50c) Total $6.50
Lemurs Park entry and guide 15,000Ar ($7.50)
Local Sim card and credit 5,000Ar ($2.50)
Links:
http://www.sakamanga.com/eng_index.html
http://www.lemurspark.com/fr/presentati on-lemurs-park.html
http://vaclav-trips.webs.com/madagascar .htm (Detailed country and NP trip report)
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SDF, Sans Domicile Fixe ?
... dus. Soms wordt een wijk aangeduid, of moeten we anderszins uitvissen waar bepaalde cijfers of coderingen voor staan. Er zijn zelfs mensen die beweren geen eenduidig adres te hebben, maar aangeven dat ze “boven die blauwe winkel” wonen. Voor hen moeten we een procedure uitvinden om hen hun loonfiche in de hand te geven (waarbij we er Westers denkend ...
Last day at the mine
I woke up this morning feeling much better but still under the weather and definitely Nauseas (needless to say the gym has stopped which has been really depressing). I did however manage some PB toast and cereal, which was a nice change. We did a bunch of small things today, which encompassed the rest of the environmental side of the mine, which was really interesting. We first saw the fish breeding tanks for two species that are endemic to the area ...
Ye ol' Pirate Museum & Kellys Good-bye
... by the locals. Of course we stick out like sore thumbs but we only got harassed by a handful of people, John getting it the worst. A man wanted to sell him some shakers for 40 thousand ariary and by just walking away and saying no for 15minutes he managed to get him down to 2 for 4 thousands ariary. Lol Good to know how much these things actually are worth. John would have bought them but he didn’t have that much money so the guy tried to get him to trade his ...


