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Background: Formerly an independent kingdom, Madagascar became a French colony in 1896, but regained its independence in 1960. During 1992-93, free presidential and National Assembly elections were held, ending 17 years of single-party rule. In 1997, in the second presidential race, Didier RATSIRAKA, the leader during the 1970s and 1980s, was returned to the presidency. The 2001 presidential election was contested between the followers of Didier RATSIRAKA and Marc RAVALOMANANA, nearly causing secession of half of the country. In April 2002, the High Constitutional Court announced RAVALOMANANA the winner.

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By Joey Eakins
January 20th 2007

Life Continues Africa » Madagascar

Sunset in Tulear
I got to watch the sunset every evening for a couple of weeks. It was nice and relaxing

Hello everyone, Life is still going great here in Madagascar. I just got back from Vacation. I went to Tulear on the Southwest Coast of Madagascar. It was a great vacation with many unexpected twists and turns. I will be sending out my journal here soon. I thought I would attach some of my photos from my vacation and you will have to wait a little bit to hear the stories. Take care and I appreciate all of your emails and nice comments. Joey [View Full Entry]

By SamZRule
January 2nd 2007

Madagascar - The Life Africa » Madagascar

This is paradise

So, to round 2 of my Madagascan adventure. Getting to our camp from Diego Saurez took us an hour and half by boat. The camp had 2 boats we used for getting us around, whether it be to go diving or to head back to town to pick up re-supply. The boats themselves were typical Madagascan fisherman boats and not the easiest of things to get back into after a dive. I will admit, there were occasions when my fellow divers had to unceremoniously haul me onto the boat using my boardshorts; images of a beached whale come to mind. When [View Full Entry]

By SamZRule
January 1st 2007

Madagascar - Photos Africa » Madagascar

Arty Bay shot

A few more photos so you to can appreciate how beautiful it is.... [View Full Entry]

By moon
December 31st 2006

Krisimasy Africa » Madagascar

A number of varying events led me to spend this Christmas in village. Many volunteers seem to avoid holidays in village, probably for good reason sometimes. It's nice to talk to family on the holiday, sometimes spending holidays in a different culture just makes it too hard, it's also nice to be with people of your own culture to celebrate it your own style. I have to admit even I was reluctant about spending Christmas at site, but it slowly grew on me. Madagascar's high plateau is very Christian, so it was "Christmas in the true sense", that being church, praying [View Full Entry]

By SamZRule
December 29th 2006

The Madgascar Adventure Africa » Madagascar

Diego Bay

So my Madagascar adventure begins here. What can I say but what a 3 months I have had. Though I have only seen a very small part of the country I love it. Madagascar is a real mix of Africa and Europe, the French influence is very obvious in places, but then in others it is just so like main land Africa, if somewhat more affluent. This I say having still only seen a very small part of the country, something I intend to rectify, but more on that later. Where exactly was I? Well if you go to the most [View Full Entry]

By Joey Eakins
November 18th 2006

I am enjoying life Africa » Madagascar

Me and a couple of friends.
Just before swearing in.

Hello All, I have been having fun here in Madagascar. I am enjoying teaching and it is about time for the first exam. I just thought that I would tell you that Thanksgiving will be spent with my friends here in Madagascar. I wish I could be home during the holidays, but that is what I signed up for. I am going to try to attach some photos but I don't know how it will work considering I am on dial up. This travel blog is hard to keep up to date here in Madagascar. When I am back in the [View Full Entry]

By Geoff n Lexa
November 14th 2006

Exploring the Tsingy Africa » Madagascar

Luxury ferry to Bekopaka

The Tsingy National Park, is a World Heritage Site and well worth the trip if you ever get the chance! I say that because we ummed and arrred about going because of the cost of the 4x4 necessary to get there, but were very glad we did. They are basically a huge collection of amazing limestone pinnacles. The Petits Tsingy around 40-50 feet high and the larger Grands Tsingy another group 20Km north which are more like 100-150 feet high. We spent 2 days climbing on, around and squeezing through these bizarre, sharp and tuneful rocks (they rang like metal when [View Full Entry]

By Geoff n Lexa
November 14th 2006

Last stop - Belo sur mer Africa » Madagascar

One little piggy went to market

And so with only a few days left we decided to pay a visit to the rather inaccesible beach village of Belo sur Mer, south of Morondava. With our new found friends Jacques and Marie-Claude Dabbadie, we shared a kat-kat/quat-quat/4x4 across 3 hours of sand roads and flood plains. We had great plans of diving at an Eco-village resort and whale watching but this was not to be for various reasons both logistical and financial! Instead we walked the beaches, had some lovely meals with our French friends (residents of the nearby volcanic island of Reunion) and generally relaxed. After a [View Full Entry]

By Geoff n Lexa
November 13th 2006

Madagascan life Africa » Madagascar

Stick and a hoop in my day lad!

A glimpse of everyday life caught on our way back up north from Toliara. [View Full Entry]

By Geoff n Lexa
November 13th 2006

Andavadoake activities Africa » Madagascar

Mushroom rock
On the way to algae farming

Amongst other non-diving activities we participated in algae farming and baobab mapping. The farming involved weighing and tying hundreds of 100g pieces of seaweed to a long piece of rope which was then anchored in the water. The idea was to provide an alternative income for the fisherman as the algae is used for allsorts of useful stuff. A rather smelly and tedious job, but someone has to do it... once! The good news was that it had grown slightly after a couple of weeks and things were looking promising. The baobabs were just amazing trees. They store huge quantities of [View Full Entry]

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