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David Grier: Why a crazy man's effort matters?

David Grier: Why a crazy man’s effort matters?

By madafan on March 3, 2010

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 [...]

Posted in Activities, Excerpt, News, Worth discovering | Tagged blogsherpa, challenge, madagascar | 4 Responses

Contribute to Mozilla FireFox's support to Namoroka Park in Madagascar

Contribute to Mozilla FireFox’s support to Namoroka Park in Madagascar

By madafan on January 15, 2010

Those last years, big guys find it trendy or fashionable to get an inspiration from a Madagascar-related item… We all know the dreamworks cartoons (Madagascar, Madagascar 2-escape to africa, Merry Madagascar), now we have my favorite browser AKA Firefox who codenamed its next release Namoroka – inspired from a park in the north-west of Madagascar

Not [...]

Posted in Conservation corner, Excerpt | Tagged blogsherpa, firefox, madagascar, namoroka, park, release | 5 Responses

Summer in the south east

By dadamanga on December 29, 2009

December holidays come around and every year I think, “hmm, where will I go for a break this year?” and my decision is always the same.  I stay at home in Fort Dauphin and spend the time visiting our spectacular beaches and enjoying the perfect weather!  Summer is for me the best time to visit [...]

Posted in Activities, Excerpt, Local corner, Worth discovering | Tagged blogsherpa, dolphin, holiday, madagascar, sambaraha, surf, tolagnaro | 13 Responses

“Write for us” at madafan.com, free publicity for your Madagascar tourism activity while getting published on different networks, including www.lonelyplanet.com

By madafan on December 26, 2009

 
 
 
Madafan always wanted to be a platform where anyone who travelled or lived in Madagascar can share their experience, their recommendations (as well as the “avoid it” places/activities) that Madafan readers ought to know, though setting-up a vibrant community of  Madagascar-fans.
We definitely aim to have everybody fom every corner of Madagascar write articles about what’s [...]

Posted in Featured, guest post, Local corner, Professional corner, Worth discovering | Tagged article, madagascar, write | Leave a response

Ikopa by canoe this saturday

By editor on December 17, 2009

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 to “ride” the Ikopa river on [...]

Posted in Excerpt, News | Tagged blogsherpa, canoe, ikopa, madagascar | 1 Response

Follow Madafan today at Enjoy Madagascar 2009

By madafan on December 12, 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 [...]

Posted in Excerpt, Local corner, News | Tagged blogsherpa, enjoy, madagascar, salon | Leave a response

Enjoy a colorful november: mangos, mimosa, jacaranda and so on

Enjoy a colorful november: mangos, mimosa, jacaranda and so on

By madafan on November 17, 2009

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 [...]

Posted in Activities, Excerpt, Local corner, News, Worth discovering | Tagged blogsherpa, fruit, jacaranda, madagascar, mango, mimosa | 4 Responses

Interview with Acacia Adventure Holidays's marketing director Heath Ashcroft

Interview with Acacia Adventure Holidays’s marketing director Heath Ashcroft

By madafan on September 7, 2009

After Acacia Africa organised the first-ever twit-up about Madagascar, madafan wanted to know more about this Africa-specialized british tour-operator. Thanks to twitter contacts, we managed to obtain an e-mail interview with Heath Ashcroft, the Marketing Director at Acacia Adventure Holidays. Although Acacia covers a range of African destinations, it is our great pleasure  at Madafan [...]

Posted in Excerpt, Interview, News, Professional corner | Tagged acacia africa, london, madagascar, tour | 3 Responses

A catastrophic august for Madagascar

A catastrophic august for Madagascar

By madafan on September 2, 2009

I hardly can stay muted for what’s happening in my country now. We all know Madagascar is going through a political crisis but that’s not the point of this post.
Being a blog promoting Madagascar as a tourism destination, it’s a bit hard to report the following although I think it’s the essence of a blog [...]

Posted in Conservation corner, Excerpt, Local corner | Tagged catastrophic, duck, foulpointe, lemur, madagascar | 1 Response

getting ready for “takariva any Mahavelona”

By madafan on August 7, 2009

So here we are in Mahavelona for the event “One night in Mahavelona”. Arrived this friday morning at the “Lagon hotel” where participants to this event will meet tomorrow before hanging out around Mahaveona for some drinks and barbecue.
Thanks to Thierry Orre (Lagon Hotel’s owner),Madafan is Lagon Hotel’s invitee- that’s a very nice treat [...]

Posted in Activities, Excerpt, Local corner, News | Tagged blogsherpa, madagascar, mahavelona | 3 Responses

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