- The Malagasy view of life in rural Madagascar
]This website gives people a voice, definitely a postive thing. Have a read and get an insight into the difficulties of local people's lives in the Anosy region of Madagascar. We visited Sainte Luce on our trip to South Madagascar Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | Nov 9, 2009
- Madagascar
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- Famine in South Madagascar
Click here to watch the video (http://www.unicef.org.uk/videos/video.asp?video_id=157&thesource=cu_sept09&utm_source=cu_sept09&utm_medium=subscription_mailing)
I travelled through this area and saw men, women and children collecting dirty, bro Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | Sep 19, 2009
- Madagascar needs your help
My time in Madagascar was the best experience of my life because of the work that Azafady are doing. The team of 80 odd staff in Madagascar are working on such an incredibly diverse range of projects that all work Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | Jun 29, 2009
- Ifaty, Andringitra and home
So we left Tulear early the next morning after a continental breakfast of croissants and tea. We took a taxi brousse (bush taxi) to Ifaty which is a stunning village on the beach north of Tulear. We squished into the Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | Jun 29, 2009
- From Fort Dauphin to Tulear...
One of the Azafady guides had agreed to take us on a tour of his region of the Spiney Forest. We hired a 4 x 4 and headed off from Fort Dauphin at about 5am. The first thing we all Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | Jun 23, 2009
- Tree planting in Angazety
So, after a relatively uneventful trip on our favourite camion, we arrived in Angazety. The land in the middle of no where….more in the middle of no where that the last place in the middle of no where! Our mission Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | May 22, 2009
- First bush trip
I really dont know where to start....
We arrived back in Fort DAuphin yesterday after constructing a latrine for a village in deepest rural Madagascar. After our evacuation back to Fort Dauphin due to `'tropical storm jade', we made it back Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | Apr 29, 2009
- Backwards and forwards...
So basically the latest update from me is that Im now back in Fort dauphin. we left for the bush on tuesday. weve had lots of rain recently and there was a storm predicted (Jade!) but it was due to Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | Apr 9, 2009
- Alive and well in sunny Madagascar!
I made it!
Don't have long left on the computer so just letting you all know that i'm here, alive and well! There are no signs of any disturbances in Fort DAuphin despite the problems in Tana. Fort dauphin is absolutely Posted by E Bailie in Elizabeth's Big Adventure! | Mar 30, 2009
- A glimpse of Tana
Antananarivo, also known as Tana, is the capital of Madagascar. A destination I would normally fleetingly glance over on an airport departures board while thinking: “I don’t think I will ever fly there”. Then, after locating my flight number I Posted by vedette in Tales from Around the World | Jan 8, 2009
- Madagascar - Morondava
Sorry you have not heard from me for a while, not really been much to report apart from My new friend Kate and I drinking too many rum punches and falling out of a taxi. We have also found the Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - Ranomafana
Bloody long hard slog through the rainforest, thankfully didnt rain but damned hot. Camped in the forest, fed the resident ring tail mongoose cheese (that is one beautiful creature.. chestnut brown with four black rings on its tail), practicing my Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - Morondava - Belo sur Mer
Yes, not one but three!!!
Bit of a story to tell first though!
Yes, I set off with the crazy french canadian couple, although goodness knows how they got me on the boat, I had so many rums the night before!
We left Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - Tsiribihina River
Well, I have arrived safely in Morondava on the west coast and not quite sure where to start!
Ok, from the beginning but leaving out the boring bits!
Travelled overland to a crazy town west of Tana with a Swiss and an Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - Ankaranfantsika
Excuse me if this is all a load of nonsense, I am trying to type through eyelids held open with toothpicks. I would use matches but they make them of wax out here and they keep melting and I prefer Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - Ankarana
Oh my goodness I hardly know where to start!
Ok So I met an American couple in Diego who agreed to let me come on the excursion to L'Ankerana with them, not sure if I have told you this bit already.
Anyway Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - Diego Suarez
Oh why oh why do I never save to drafts???
Sent you all a huge email this morning about the trials and tribulations of the last few days only to discover it did not send.
Maybe a good thing, was in foul Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - Nosy Be
Making the most of a fairly decent internet connection and finally got around to reading all your emails. Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes, it was so nice that so many of you remembered!
Spose I had better Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - Andisabe - Tamatave
Making the most of internet that works and having some time on my hands, so, you are going to get the lot!!!!
As you know, got to Antananarivo no problem where their keyboards are all over the place... but I am Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- Madagascar - late entries
I get quite a lot of requests for help on Madagascar and I am conscious that I never got around to updating my blog with some of my tales.
So, for those of you that are interested I have included some Posted by baluba in Baluba goes Backpacking | Oct 13, 2008
- A World of Contradictions
As I walked to the university this morning, I saw the mad man standing out on his corner. His tell-tale ragged yellow shirt, wooly black hair, and all-over dusting of rusty colored dirt were there as usual, but his Posted by lealow07 in Malagasy Musings | Aug 14, 2008
- Honey Harvest
I went with Resaka to Fenomila’s small village on the outskirts of Tsihombe to collect honey as a volan_dalana (“gift from the road”) for a friend in Fort Dauphin. When you go to another par Posted by lealow07 in Malagasy Musings | Jul 10, 2008
- Tsihombe Runway
Some of the styles and fashions of Tandroy are worth illuminating. The women here wear the colorful cloth (lambas) wrapped around their waists or rolled up under their arms. Seeing the women go about their day is to Posted by lealow07 in Malagasy Musings | Jun 30, 2008
- THE AFRICAN GERBER BABY
Okay, a short quiz:
How fast can you match these slogans with their companies?
"I'm loving lt!" Posted by Erica32145 in ANYWHERE BUT HERE | Feb 26, 2008