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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 [...]
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 [...]
David Grier: Why a crazy man’s effort matters?
Frankly speaking, the first time I heard about the name of “David Grier”, it was a facebook (shame?) friend of mine who told me to become one of his fans, or friend him …. can’t even remember … I skipped the invite (so do I with all those funny- and not so funny- facebook invites [...]
Taolagnaro to welcome 900 cruisers on march 2010
photo credit: joiseyshowaa So a cruise will land in Taolagnaro on march 28th 2010, bringing 900 english-speaking tourists to this wonderful city of Madagascar for 9 hours. The tourism ministry even held a special session to “motivate” tourism actors in this city so as to shine and give the best of them during this 9 [...]
Ikopa by canoe this saturday
So the second edition of Enjoy Madagascar took place last week-end, I just want to report some activities that I found interesting for those who are in Madagascar. 1- Ikopa by canoe This coming saturday, as part of the monthly outing organized by the ORTANA (Analamanga’s regional tourism bureau), 80 people will have the chance [...]
Follow Madafan today at Enjoy Madagascar 2009
Despite the political crisis that still prevails in Madagascar, the second edition of Enjoy Madagascar still happens today and tomorrow (December 12 and 13) in Antananarivo, at Futura Business Park. This second edition is a bit of challenge as international tourists and professionals may not massively come, though I personally think that by choosing to [...]
Enjoy a colorful november: mangos, mimosa, jacaranda and so on
Sometimes when you are too used to your everyday life, you just don’t pay attention to all those nice things happening around you. This time, I just wanted to take Madafan readers through three things that you sometimes take for granted that you don’t pay attention too… Those things has one thing in common: colors [...]
A tour around the duty free zone at Ivato airport. Some malagasy voan-dalana
A “voan-dalana” is what you bring back to your close friends and relatives after travelling- a kind of souvenir. The worst part of travelling must be hanging inside the airport waiting for the nice lady to call passengers of your flight. So, in Madagascar, while waiting for a 1:40 AM flight, I did a tour [...]
What the heck are all those uncommon tourists doing in Madagascar?
Weird question from a blog that aims to attract tourists to come to Madagascar, huh? But as a fellow blogger/twitterer pointed out, although crisis is still in the air, strange enough,a whole bunch of foreign people are in Madagascar now, for different reasons..and those people aren’t coming for lemurs, nor for national parks (well, they [...]
A rambling from Madagascar: some positive notes despite all
Madafan is not the know-it-all about Madagascar (the motto “discover Madagascar” also applies to Madafan’s writers). This post will try to highlight some positive notes on Madagascar although things ain’t bright on the ground. It’s always satisfying to showcase what people are doing on the ground despite all. – spotlightmadagascar.org: Sara Lehouillier Landed in Madagascar [...]




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