Les Frangipaniers Antananarivo

... for whale watching and cocktails at sunset. They don't have an official "restaurant" (because there is only one bungalow) but they have an amazing chef (the private cook of the owner) who can do market shopping for you daily and cook whatever you want (for a reasonable fee). The place is so beautiful and private.... <br>

Well, the day has finally come to depart Madagascar. We leave tonight at 1:30am and arrive in Paris sometime tomorrow morning. Yesterday was a much more exciting day here in Tana as it was back to buisness as normal. Everything was closed on Sunday and hence the long blog entry as we killed time in the internet cafe. We went to the lemur park in the morning where we ...

I get up at 8h, get hubby out of bed at 08h30, breakfast at 9h and we are ready to leave at 09h50. Only: it is 08h50: we won an hour in flying here. Not so bad because at 09h30 our phone rings that our driver is ready. We meet Andry, who, luckily, does not drive the typical Madagascar R4 but a 'normal' Peugeot. First stop is the Lemur Park. Lemur is the symbol of Madagascar, not known by name but everybody recognizes the animal. We notice: it is washing day in ...

... in rural areas are illiterate, in most cases when an item comes canned or in a jar instead of writing what it is, they simply show a picture of the contents. Imagine what they thought when they saw a jar of drab colored indiscernible gloop with a picture of a baby on the front! Thus proving, a picture is worth a thousand words, and words are worth a million laughs when they're translated directly into another language.

... the rest on kaggelkak. So, C went to settle the one-and-a-half-minute phone call to her mom with their remaining loose change and had to duly return to the room to retrieve some actual hard currency, as their total was substantially more than they had been quoted... But hey, no hard feelings: because of the unforeseen additional Ariary, C had an absolutely ...

... for children in uniform though, hoping school would be cancelled. We had an active ocean and a bottle of wine to entertain us for the day. We did see students however, so we got on our bikes and went to school. I got there a little before 7, red faced and panting since the wind was blowing so hard. My students really enjoyed watching me struggle, and I do what I can to brighten their day... When I arrived I was one of 3 ...

This is a letter from Joes sister. Hello, As many of you know, my brother, Joseph, is in the Peace Corp and is stationed in Madagascar. He left the US a year ago and has sent wonderful pictures of the countryside, has told amazing stories of the people and has seemed happier than I have ever seen him. Since November he has been talking about the drought and how it is affecting his village. Southern ...

... The correct answer to "How are you?" is "I am fine." or "I'm fine." But they do seem to know how to count to 20, and use "Excuse me." That is their favorite thing to say when I am blocking the board or accidently bump into their desk. They usually shout it at me and then laugh hysterically. At least their learning something. I taught them colors the other week. We went through all the colors and did many exercises so I knew they understood. Throughout the entire two hour class I would ...

... nature, no vehicles, no electricity, just solitude. Besides the above fun, we have been entertained by a large addition to the Christman family- 8 ducklings &amp; 2 goslings! Aaron has built a duck "hotel" and an adjoining pond for their amusement (and ours). We are raising the ducks in hopes of having eggs, though one whose name has been "Squealer", has been renamed "Sweet &amp; Sour"(because that's how he'll be prepared) by Aaron and may find his way to the dinner table. The ...

... camera? written on it/ her/ me (probably)... Air Madagascar.. don't believe in vegetarians... The woman in front of me is a muppet. She keeps putting her bag in the gangway and tutting when stewardesses walk by and nearly die... My backpack weighs 28k! please remember I am small. That is over half of me. And its twice as wide as me... but it is both quadricep and character building so I'm ok about it. Its not full of **** and I was being ...