Le Lac Hotel Antananarivo

... La musique a Joe resonne C'est la rumba Le vieux rock au mambo bidon Vas-y Joe Vas-y Joe Vas-y fonce Dans la nuit vers l'amazone Joe le taxi Et Xavier Cugat Joe le taxi Et Yma Sumac Joe - Joe - Joe Joe le taxi C'est sa vie Le rhum au mambo Embouteillage Joe le taxi Et les Mariachis Joe le taxi Et le cha-cha-chi Joe le taxi Et le cha-cha-chi Vas-y Joe Vas-y fonce Dans la nuit vers l'amazone

... From there i found a divine cafe to have a spot of lunch in and then continued my wanderings downhill. Next stop an impressive cathedral built on the site of the aforementioned martyr throwing and then onwards through the meandering streets to get myself back to the centre of town and a well earned shower. more soon i hope: sorry for the lack of photos - nasty computer wont let me upload. Ill try and put them on facebook instead

... John: Thank you very much. *I did not teach the children cuss words(but thank you american hip hop music-students love it), and I told them not to use it. Although one student swears he heard me say "****" under my breath before, I told him it was "shoot" and not to repeat things I say to myself. I hope everyone has a good day and gorges themselves on chocolate and sweets!

This is Tilly. She was the mate of my nephew Kris and nieces Annick and Elise. She had a long and very happy life, was just loved to bits, clear for anybody to see. When she got cancer and started suffering, my family helped her to sleep in, which is brave ...

... another. There were also a lot of people queueing for something but I didn't figure exactly what. There must have been several hundred people at least, all very calm and patiently waiting, with the queue stretching for ages, across roads and around Independence Square. There were plenty of police around and at all road crossings, with some wearing riot helmets. I wandered in the direction of the top ...

... amp ;nbs p; After that it was simply a matter of getting back to Antananarivo as painlessly as possible. It wasn't that painless eg a 4 and a half hour wait for the taxi-brousse to fill up and depart. But made it back in 2 days, so I am mellow and will try to fly to Botswana tomorrow.

... s palace a short ways away, was burnt my arson a few years back, and many of the museum exhibits it contained were lost, but the surviving items were moved to the Prime Minister's palace which now acts as a sort of museum. A guide gave us an overview of Malagasy history as we viewed royal artifacts and paintings. The Malagasy royal history is like royal histories often are, full of intrigue, assassination, execution by beheading (one head royal silversmith who was late with ...

Tues 17th Oct - Dear me, how much has changed in the past two weeks! First Anna, another volunteer from Vatomandry, came to stay with us for the week. And then I got ill - really ill. Why, oh why, when I'm abroad again?? The Tuesday, I tried to go into school for my lesson (only half an hour) but I just had to leave again, felt really bad - headache, dizzy, hot/cold/hot. I'd gone to bed with a sore throat, and woken with the most blinding ...

... at least an hour. I was trying to explain what I wanted, and these wonderful women were so patient with me. We were drawing pictures, trying to make sure she would sew what I needed. Finally, one of the women took me back to her house to show me the sheets on her bed to see if it was the size I needed. I'm supposed to pick them up this afternoon. Not that it's a gurantee they'll be ready, nor that they will be what I wanted, since even when I think I ...

Hi everyone- We are currently staying in the Peace Corps "Meva" flophouse in Antananarivo. Wow- where do I start?? The past 2 weeks have been amazing. We arrived in the capital on Thursday, Feb. 16th. We took a small plane from S. Africa to Madagascar and the flight over the island was amazing- it was so beautiful from the air. In the airport we were greeted by some PC staff and welcomed by several current volunteers. We piled ...