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Published: June 23rd 2017
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Geo: -19.9, 48.8
Being happy about my new motorbike...After settling in with, I got ready for my very first drive on Madagascar's roads...From the mountains down to the coast, it's usually paved...and believe it or not...It has been paved all the way, even the very last piece of road was so difficult on my very first trip, has been paved as well...The drive was smooth and easy...
Motorbiking in Madagascar...Truly fun...Well...I am not what you would call call a typical biker who is just loving to ride a bike for the fun of it...No...no way...My reasons are clear to me...I like to be totally independent first of all...secondly...I don't like to depend on others...
certainly not those reckless idiots who are allowed to command those buses these days...Well, I have made it through hell rides in Colombia, Ecuador, Cambodia...Brazil...Shall I put my life into the hands of some trashy bastards? No...I won't...Life is precious to me these days...It wasn't always like that...Anyway...that's material for another story...Let's get back to this story...
Well...I made it to Mahonoro...the middle of the east coast...Wild nature in a wild country...I simply drove up the very same bungalows, run by a French guy...Did anything change? Of course not...it's Madagascar...Same wild
life as ages ago...That's what makes it so wonderful...
I truly enjoyed my stay in this bungalow...Did I mentioned that I am the only one on the compound...Well, I did now...It's low season...What a laugh...There is no high season in Madagascar...It's low season 365 days a year...Wonderful...no dumb tourist to bother with...
Travelling for over 30 years...Tourist are absolutely bothersome...They are never good company...I like to meet travelers who have equal burden on their shoulders as I do...It's fun to meet travelers who know the corners of the world I know and often have good advice...Valuable travelers like those are the once I listen too...
Upon relaxing in this wonderful and lonely corner of Madagascar in an equally lonely bungalow compound...I decided to search for my girlfriend from last year...
Interesting how someone can remember such details...I knew the exact location once I started wandering through the alleys...She never thought I would make it back...Did I believe as I mentioned it to her a year earlier? Certainly not...Deep in my mind I knew I will make it back...I just never know when...I always make it back to a place it's just a matter of time...
I guess...it was just the time to
make it back to her...She was on my mind to often to pass up on it...There I am now...She is extremely happy about my visit...Guess what...So Am I...
No...Will you kill me with that knife?...No she did not intend to do such a thing at all...The just took the only knife they had to prepare all the food i bought and planed to cook...Malagasy people are really friendly, accommodating and just plain...nice...
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