Colbert Hotel Antananarivo

... station.  "We're celebrities- get us out of here!"  Take us to Tana and to the fanciest joint in Madagascar - the Colbert Hotel! [or so the website had promised]   But what an anti-climax.  The room was horribly bland and our filthy ...

... using "non merci" another 3,764 times as I make my way around the entire downtown area in less than an hour.  Antananarivo is large but spread out and the downtown is very small and extremely run down.  Even the closed U.S. Embassy looks like it ...

... by the parliament building and Place de l'Independence (which was much smaller than I expected, just a small park), including Hotel Colbert which is meant to have a delectable restaurant and extravagant spa. We ran into some women selling cards who were ...

... outside, so hit the sack. Singing and other noises wake us in the early hours of the morning. Saturday 27th May Antananarivo (Madagascar) Meet for a good breakfast, and organise to all take a taxi to the Rova, the Queen's palace which is 4km ...

... a lot of R4 taxis waiting for costumers an people hanging around in the park. But we have an appointment at 10h. at the hotel Colbert. For a sauna, spa, Turkish bath, swimming pool and beauty treatment. The last for me. What do you mean: is this all we can ...