“I met Madagascar”: showcase Madagascar products you find abroad
Just wandered in a TJMaxx shop somewhere in Tysons corner in Virginia- US and stumbled upon this wonderful surprise that I wanted to share with Madafan readers. Everytime I have to travel outside Madagascar, I’m always eager on finding some Madagascar-related items around me- this time it happened at a time where I didn’t expect [...]
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Two spots for catching a wave or hitting the surf in Madagascar
So I’ve visited the “Destination Vacances” expo that was held at “La Résidence” last week-end. The idea was to get some inspiration for this coming holidays, and I dare say I wasn’t disappointed. I guess I’ll have more post inspired by the event but here are few options you can consider. For now, let’s focus [...]
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Rosewood trafficking in Madagascar, are you kidding us?
This post is running for the World Blogger Contest for the Madagascar destination. I wish I had a more accurate topic to categorize it into, but the closest ones are probably “ecotourism”, “Art, crafts & shopping”, or “culture”. The point for this post is to report how this rosewood issue is addressed by local population- [...]
1800 km off-road on 4WD in the South of Madagascar
I once asked Madafan readers about making Madagascar a destination for extreme sports, not only have I found answers from my internet-wanderings and from the discussions I had with few of them, but one exciting experience is soon going to happen in the south region of Madagascar. In that previous article, I was mentioning the [...]
What would you ask madagascar tourism BMO?
During the last few months, I was thinking of taking madafan to a new level. Throughout the experience, and given the diversity of things to cover, it has become clear that Madafan has to foster strong partnerships and provide more in-depth advices/tips for its readers. Today, while sipping a baobab natural juice at one Antananarivo [...]
Local tourism in Madagascar: continued
Earlier, I wrote that we want to showcase on Madafan the challenges for local tourism, from a local standpoint. To make things closer to how a tourist would approach his preparation for a trip to Madagascar, let’s see what are the ressources that I have available (as a reminder, we want to spend the holidays [...]
Don’t know what to do for Earth Day? Vote for Vakan’Ala
EarthDay turns 40 today, April 22nd 2010, that’s older than me but this year is the first time I really took the time to consider this day as a special one – there’s no shame admitting it … And if you are one of those people who want to do something special this day but [...]
Local tourism- malagasy discovering Madagascar: how achievable is it?
This year, I move toward a radical change in my professional career after June 2010, moreover I am celebrating 10 years of dating my wife (oh gosh, that’s been a long and lovely ride) we’ve decided to spend our vacation in Madagascar (as if we could afford spending a holiday outside of Madagascar , in [...]
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