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Golden Orb Spiders of Madagascar Weave Malagasy Motifs

Madagascar: the home of thousands of endemic species of flora and fauna, flourishing in the island that has been isolated for over 70 million years. As one of the largest islands in the world, Madagascar homes about 5% of our

Here’s to a stumbling blog day 2011

Do you know that today(august 31st 2011) is a worldwide blog day ?  Ok, some (or most) of madafan readers won’t care – but since the blogosphere is such a wonderful way for opening oneself to other culture, other opinions, I

Sar’Nao 2011: check the program of this month of photography

The kick-off of Sar’Nao, the second edition of the now well-established “month of photography” was done at the lobby of the Louvre hotel last night, gathering most of the malagasy photography world (well, at least those who could make it

Wanna go on a train ballad in Ambatolampy?

Those last couple of months, I took some time to do some trekking with some folks who just love practising it for the sake of doing some physical exercise. I’m not really a sporty person but when I joined the

Rando du val trek: a must go-to

A trekking opportunity every third saturday of the month with Rando du Val in Antananarivo- Madagascar. Feel free to join us if you are interested.See the pictures for a better preview.

TEDxAntananarivo the panel list is out: mind-blowing

The TEDXantananarivo event on November 27th 2010 gathers extraordinary people for extraordinary conversations around the "Time to go green" theme. Check the panelist, it's awesome.

15 years later, the “Rova manjakamiadana” opens to the public

15 years after the criminal incendie that took away almost all of the Rova of Manjakamiadana, this symbolic place opened to the publicfor four days  even though its restoration isn’t complete yet. I do admit opening the gate to the

TEDxAntananarivo “Time to go green” … What the heck a TED talk is?

"TEDxAntananarivo- Time to go green" will happen at Café de la Gare-Antananarivo on November 26th 2010, starting 2 PM

A new beginning …

A year and a half down the road, one can say that madafan.com has stepped up from an initiative that initially sparkled from a frustration to a more targeted Madagascar travel and conservation platform. This slowly started with few posts

On a photo quest for humpback whales in Sainte Marie

This post is running for the weblogtravels.com world bloggers contest, under the “sports and leisure” category for Madagascar destination. Thanks to the excellent guidance from a malagasy-run tour operator called AsistenTravel, Madafan team spent a family vacation in Sainte Marie