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- Look, it’s raining. Part Two.Today, we did a 10km walk through the south part of [[http://www.parcs-madagascar.com/fiche-aire-protegee_en.php?Ap=18|I’Isalo]]. It was brilliant and a welcome relief after the leeches. It’s dryer, more rugged, more expansive and we only saw two bugs the Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Feb 9, 2012
- Look, it’s raining. Part one.Yesterday we drove roughly 7 and a half hours south from [[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ranomafana,+Fianarantsoa,+Madagascar&hl=en&ll=-21.279137,47.445831&spn=0.651349,1.120605&sll=-22.55827,45.412651&sspn=0.161381,0.280151&oq=Ranomafana&hnear=Ranomafana Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Feb 9, 2012
- LeechesAdmittedly, the prospect of a 6 hour rain forest hike didn’t quite appeal to me with a dodgy, sore stomach and the prospect of leeches. But that’s what we did. And leeches, there were plenty. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/253962/DSC08085.j Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Feb 9, 2012
- Bon Voyage: Part 2We remained stationary for probably another hour. During this time, the engine stopped again. More local kids hassled us through the windows or while we wandered the redundant tracks. A few Vaza (white people) had decided to leave the train Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Feb 2, 2012
- Bon Voyage: Part 1I suppose it is the only “running” train for a reason. I’m not sure how sustainable a country of buggered trains would be, whereas one should be easy enough to manage... I have what we have named Makily kily belly. This Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Feb 2, 2012
- Road Trip: Day 1We altered our itinerary and decided to get long drives out of the way first, which meant today entailed a 7 hour drive from [[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Antananarivo,+Madagascar&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.410182,77.431641&oq=antananarivo,+ma Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Feb 1, 2012
- The FlightThrow out any rules you know of air travel back home. - You may not make it to the airport on time. Your taxi may be running on very reserve, may lose all power on a wet uphill, which a thousand Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Jan 26, 2012
- Day 5It’s starting to feel like Survivor. And a New Year’s hangover doesn’t help. Where to start… Two buckets of joy have just arrived on our Bungalow stoep. We’re back at Manihilana. It’s hot. And if it is going to rain, it’s not Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Jan 26, 2012
- Eat. Sleep. Fish. Swim.That’s all we do. It’s that simple and I’m quite fond of it. When we’re not doing that, we're drinking some of the 78kg of alcohol we hauled over and playing cards. Or feeling the sway of the boat. Or Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Jan 26, 2012
- Back to Nosy BeWe were told to get to the ferry in Ankify by 9:30am. This required a 5:30am wake-up to ensure this. I lie, it required a 5:30am wake up to ensure this provided I wasn’t driving. We successfully got back to Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Jan 26, 2012
- Ankarana National ParkWe took a leisurely 25km drive north of Andilobe to Ankarana for a guided walk to the Tsingy and through the forest. [img=htt Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Jan 18, 2012
- To AnkaranaFrom where I am now, it feels that we’re truly in Africa. We’re currently sitting at a very local tavern – Hotely – in Andilobe, roughly 120km from Ankify ferry port on the mainland. The intention of hiring 3 scooters and Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Jan 18, 2012
- The BeginningThe holiday didn’t feel like it had the most promising start: a pigeon chick fell out its nest and splatted in front of us outside OR Tambo Airport. I tried to forget about this and focused instead on our Air Posted by JayneHol in Mora Mora Madagascar | Jan 17, 2012
- Day 42 - 4416th Oct – 18th Oct Toamasina (aka Tamatave) Second biggest city in Madagascar Last few days on the red island. We spent our last few days in Madagascar around Toamasina. We went to the zoo where we saw more lemurs and chameleons. Posted by CraigHel in Southern Africa Journey | Oct 19, 2011
- Day 37 - 41Flew from Nosy Be back to Antananarivo (the capital) on the 10th Oct and spent the night in Antananarivo before catching a taxi bousse (local small van) to Andasibe to discover more national parks. The bus was supposed to pick Posted by CraigHel in Southern Africa Journey | Oct 19, 2011
- Day 30 - 36 Day 30 - 36 4th Oct – 10th Oct We caught a speed boat from Ankify to Nosy Be which was a 30 min journey. First few days were spent south of the island on a beach were we went snorkelling and Posted by CraigHel in Southern Africa Journey | Oct 18, 2011
- Day 26 - 29 Sorry been out of range for a while you all have a lot to catch up on now.... Day 26 Fri 30th Sept – Last day in Diego Today we just had a quiet day in town before our national park Posted by CraigHel in Southern Africa Journey | Oct 18, 2011
- Day 24 - 25Day 24 28th Sept – Diego Suarez aka Antsiranana Today we left Sakalava Bay and got a taxi to town. It was about half an hour’s drive. We got in and checked into our hotel which is very nice there are even Posted by CraigHel in Southern Africa Journey | Sep 29, 2011
- Day 18 - 23Thursday 22nd Sept – Day 18 Antananarivo Today we went to the Lemur Park and had a guide to show us around the park. The tour went for about an hour and we saw around 9 different types of lemurs. Also Posted by CraigHel in Southern Africa Journey | Sep 29, 2011
- Trip to the North : Ankarafantsika National ParkAfter 2 hours from Taxi-Brousse south of Mahajanga, i stopped on Thu morning into the Ankarafantsika National Park. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/406620/lenord_0 Posted by tfenal in 2months in the Far South | Sep 24, 2011
- Day 15 - 17 Monday 19th Sept – Day 15 We left Cape Town early today and had to fly to Johannesburg before our flight to Antananananananananarivo, Madagascar. While flying over Madagascar all you can see is red mountainous terrain – looks like there Posted by CraigHel in Southern Africa Journey | Sep 21, 2011
- 3 days in AntsirabeWe left Tana on thursday morning, and therefore had 2 days to visit Antsirabe and area before the ceremony on Sat morning. The first stop was at the natural water spring, where the interesting bit apart from the water was this Posted by tfenal in 2months in the Far South | Sep 6, 2011
- Ecotourist or intruder?Ecotourists or Intruders? Beads of perspiration gave way to rivulets of sweat which now drenched my whole body, the heat and humidity suffocating as we slowly edged our way uphill, each step a supreme effort in the slippery red mud. We Posted by baluba in A new kind of adventure | Jun 23, 2011
- MadagascarI have been invited by the Tourism Board of Madagascar, Air Madagascar and Diego Tourism to visit the very beautiful Nosy Be and Northern Madagascar in loo of promoting business tourism in Madagascar. It commences with a warm welcome by Posted by Tiffany-Jane in Business Travel Africa | Jun 8, 2011
- Tsingy - Madagascar’s marvel!With information technologies & internet developing like anything, many unseen unheard locations are ‘virtually’ getting uncovered. Still the planet Earth encompasses countless hidden gems of locations within its sphere. Whatever may be the advances in te Posted by elatrips in Sharing the joy of travelling .... | Mar 14, 2011
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