Our current stay in Madagascar has almost come to an end. The return journey is planned for Saturday, but mentally we already made the biggest step. Last weekend we crossed the “emptier, darker, more terrifying” distance between Ambohitsilaozana and Tana. Two months in a village among the rice fields, and now the big city. An …
Guest post: Pictures from Freddy
Choices
We are almost entering our last month in Madagascar. Uncharacteristically, Freddy looks forward to leaving. It is tough, doing interviews in the rain: transport is difficult, and the farmers are always at work in the rice fields. And Freddy is now on antibiotics for inflamed little wounds on his feet. But of course there is …
A lot on our plate
After a period of enjoying good and diverse food during the holidays and in Tana, we are back in the village and have to do with what is on offer here. For a few days no bread has been available, a sign that the road way to Ambat is really suffering from the rainy season …
From Russia with love
It is the last day of 2013 and we are in the train. Squeezed in between crying babies and teenagers with blaring phones, we wait patiently for the next breeze to caress our sweaty faces. Once again, I pick up the Lonely Planet and read the text on the back: “… half the fun is …
home is a place.
A reddish brown road, surrounded by bushes with purple flowers. Below in the valley, the reed and rice fields slowly wind upwards to the hills. There in the distance the lavaka’s, big erosion gullies, flame red. Nearby there are some banana trees and a row of palm trees. A little boy is herding his geese. …