Geo: -18.5667, 43.8833... read more

Geo: -23.9, 43.6667... read more

Geo: -23.15, 43.6167Ifaty...it's only a 5 km walk along the beach from Mangily to Ifaty but an entirely different world indeed...No stupid tourist being encountered here...If you meet foreigners they are either employed by an NGO or simply real travellers...In other words...this 5km difference is taking a world apart...I encountered very friendly local fishermen and their families...Truly nice people...They are remembering you very well if you are nice to them...How do I know...well...a month and a half later I came back there and they were all very happy to see me again... ... read more

Geo: -21.4333, 44.3333One day...I ventured onto the sandy track towards Manja...The track never assured you were on the right track towards Manja...Basically I just decided to follow to wherever this sandy track will lead me...I wasn't sure, I didn't care either...The track was nicely packed sand...It was worth to keep venturing rather than trying to find another better track...I did pass numerous, truly wasn't sure where to go...Thanks God it was still only the beginning of the wet season...I have passed 2 rivers, during raining season impassable...but today...no problem at all...Holy crap...Is that Manja on the horizon? Truly wild western town...There is only one hotel in town or better said one bungalow compound of extremely low quality...One thing I also learned in my 30+ years of venturing...The lowest quality bed always has an extremely unfair elevated ... read more

Geo: -20.7401, 44.0081...Well...It was clear to me right on arrival on the outskirts of Morondava...haha, outskirts, sounds like I am approaching a big city...no, but I remember from 2009 that around 40km before Morondava, people where walking the streets and carried along anything they could carry in order to sale it in Morondava on the market.What become clear immediately on arrival in Morondava itself...Hell, the entire road has been paved all the way down to the beach...Gone are the good days...From now on people's mind will get manipulated by the bad city people...A paved road into a village, be it any village in the world, will change the mindset of the locals to the bad...Indeed it already happened in Morondava...I basically decided to leave that town almost right away...Well, I was very tired from my 500km ... read more