http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Madagascar en-us Wed, 25 Nov 09 10:54:01 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 09 10:54:01 +0000 Nosy Be... What to say about that special place. Roman Fanny and I decided to go there for our last trip all togetherNo words could actually describe its amaizing ocean its permanent blue sky and its nature. It's very different from all the place I've been to. I won't say it's like Bali but the mood is a bit the same. It's less crowded and the beach is too clean It's quite expensive there t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Nosy-Be/blog-424960.html Fort Dauphin http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-416926.html I'm introducing our company NTWO Electronics a Dubai based company an authorise dealerdistributor of leading brands of metalgold detectors here in Middle East and parts of Africa since 2001. We are offering good prices as low as manufacturers price and there is a possibility of negotiation for discounts base on the quantity of sales order. To name a few we have Minelab GPX 4500 Lorenz Dee http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-403823.html Here are some pictures from Me and Ari's adventure http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-362779.html after presenting our final projects we finished with a wonderful tour of the north http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Nosy-Be/blog-356828.html 19 dage til jeg rejserD http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-355585.html In recent years traveling in remote parts of Madagascar and Tanzania I had indepently and spontanaeously had the same conversation once over a campfire in the Udzungwa Mountans Tanzania the other in a small village some 200 Km from the west coast town of Majunga in Madagascar. Some background in Tanzania I'd embarked in a multiday walk through the upland rainforests of the Udzungwa mount http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-353459.html After Krindy we thought it may be a good idea to practice a bit of masochism ya know since we have been so good to ourselves. We got a ticket for a taxibrousse ride from Morondova back to Tana The ride could take anywhere from 1621 hrs we were told. With our time dwindling and the ticket to hell not too expensive 44000 AR per person about 23 each we grabbed the opportunity to cover a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-351214.html Hey all first mate Colin here I was demoted from Commander after a wild and crazy night in Morondava on my bday. It turns out that all the ladies that were hanging from me at the club had a price tag and thankfully for Ari s bulldog ways she shooed them away before too much damage was done. But for my poor behavior I was demoted and Ari found some old French ex patriot that she says she loves a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Moramanga/blog-351209.html Over the course of our trip we have heard Madagascar's top ten pop music dance hits about 30 times each usually the songs are threatening to blow another speaker as we are sitting in the cramped Taxibrousse and trying to catch a few Z's. But it has been our pleasure and amusement to watch the few music videos that have circulated throughout the island and are shown in the small roadside restau http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-351204.html The trecherous and bumpy road to prostitution did not actually take us too long... We took a large covered truck on the 4x4 road from Toliara north to Ifaty. Ifaty is a madagascarJamaica setting with many old french expats looking for a good time with the young malagasy girls. It was actually really sad to see almost every old hairy sunburnt man had one or two malagasy girls with him we had http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-350207.html 09102008 TanaJohannesbourgNous passons quattre jours Johannesbourg en attendant le vol pour l'Inde. Nous sommes hbergs par nos amis Danny et Claire rencontrs au dbut de notre voyage en Afrique du sud. Ils nous emmnent mme grimper dans le Magalisburg sur une petite falaise sympa au frais deux heures de voiture de Johannesbourg.08102008 AntananarivoNicolas profite de l'abondance http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Ambositra/blog-349251.html From Toliara we took a 20ft fiberglass dinghy to the Manjaki hotel on a small isthmus from the mainland. This is a very nice place to visit because the village is small and you must be a rugged tourist to stay. The only way to get there is by boat or pirogue. A pirogue is a carved out sailing canoe with a single outrigger. They are all made of wood and very traditional. The hotel was on the beach http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-348387.html Current residence AntananarivoJust returned from three weeks spent in Moramanga conducting field research on freetailed bats living in public buildings in Moramanga.here is a morseau des les choix que je faire durant ces temps http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Antananarivo/blog-347728.html After the jungle we planned to head to the coast but as the omens fell we decided not to take the last train east to the coast but instead head West into the mountains were we would do some trekking. A long bus ride and a 40km 4x4 of bumpy road got us to the front gate of Andringitra National Park. Again slammed with entry fees guide and this time even a porter. I know our two young healthy bod http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-346897.html SALAAM My friends and countrymenWe awoke in the misty fog rainforest of Ranamafano not a sound was heard but the slight trickle of the water starved river outside of our bungalow. We hitched a ride to the entrance of the National Park and bought an expensive ticket in and guide to go along. Believe me my penny pinching friends if there was a way to avoid the fees and sneak in like any good youn http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-346889.html We got a little later start the next morning after our bike ride to Betafo at the time it seemed worth it with a relaxing morning and breakfast served in the room. We got to the bus station a row of huts where malagasy drivers try and sway you to ride in their lovely van around noon. After a bit of bargaining we bought a bus ticket to Ranamafano they threw our bags on top and we were set http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-346886.html Commander Colin here Our second half to our full day in Antananarivo ended with us taking a taxi to the old royal get away perched on a hill 20km from town looking over all of the rice paddies and surrounding villages. Highlight was deinitely the chameleons hanging out in the trees. We took the taxi back and called it an early evening at about seven thirty. We Woke nice qnd early to catch a bus http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-345222.html We arrived safely in Tana Madagascar yesterday afternoon. What a trip it has been already after over 24 hrs of flight time we were a bit jet lagged to say the least. In Tana we made it through customs only to be immediately bombarded by taxi drivers and tourist operators. After finding our airport shuttle was not there we found a new taxi he put a little bit of gas in the car and we were of http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Antananarivo/blog-344637.html Tomorrow I leave Tana the big city for a the begining of my ISP period of which I previously posted.here lies a recap of the last few weeks since Oct. 23We have been staying in the hotel Raphia a lovely hotel with an Idian theme that serves delicious food occasionally smells of raw sewage and we hear the beautiful song of the call to prayer each day. Many people thus far have been terribly http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Antananarivo/blog-340877.html