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 ...

... peeing in the same paddy.  I presume downtown must be a bit better, but am astonished to find that it isn't.  Hotel Colbert (www.colbert-hotel.com) is nice, but not by American standards.  I put my stuff down in my room and quickly leave to ...

... hotels 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 ...

... a walk 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 ...

... : 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 ...

Christmas in Tana means having a big breakfast at the salon de thé at hotel colbert which i had to regret for the rest of the day since i had eaten way too much, seeing the museum on top of the hill and of course buying some presents for the unfortunate ...

... of days transport. It is too early to make this sort of decision, so get dropped off at the Cap-Nord Travel agency at the Hotel Colbert. After MP waits for some time for the agent to write an air ticket for two attractive local girls, we are told we are ...