Tana - Toliara a vazaha's eye view

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August 8th 2006

Published: August 8th 2006

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Geoff n Lexa

Descent to Tana

Here's a slightly extended version of a trip from Tana to Toliara - mainly photos with a few words to set the scene.

Our first view of Madagascar was the arid western side of the island as we came into land at Tana. A short taxi ride found us at the Manoir Rouge hotel in Ifaty a typically dusty Malagasy town servicing the airport. The view of everyday life from the window was enough to entertain Lexa for quite some time, with the butchers right outside displaying every part of a Zebu, much still covered in fur. A lot of the time human power is still the way to go around here with bikes, Pousse-Pousse and carts everywhere. With high petrol prices (75p/lt) travel further afield is by taxi-brousse often loaded with people and luggage quite spectacularly. We’ll leave the pictures to tell the rest of the story for now as we travelled south.

So, bye for now from the bigtriphippy’s…. or was that bogtriphippy’s as I accidentally (but strangely accurately) typed earlier….

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Geoff Long and Lexa Wokersien

Geoff n Lexa

Hi there everybody, We hope you enjoy reading about our exploits whilst we're on our 16 month BIG TRIP. Many people have asked why we are going and in an attempt to explain here is a quote from the famous British explorer Eric Shipton. "In these days of upheaval and violent change, when the basic values of today are the vain and shattered dreams of tomorrow, there is much to be said for the philosphy which aims at living a full life while the opportunity offers. There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experience of a way of life that is itself wholly satisfying. Such, aft... full info

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