road - Tales of Tyre-racing, Makis and M'zungus.

23 février 2015

N'Gouja, probably for the last time.

It's the holidays next week, so this weekend was really the last one before the holidays on which to go to the beach. I don't go that often - not really interested in lying around in the heat, and not bothered about salty water and small fish - but H...

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Tags: humidity, mayotte, temperature, heat, colleague, water, coral, fish, reef, beach, photo, underwater, road, camera, turtle, tropical, computer, ngouja, electronic, equipment

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4 septembre 2014

The Malagasy Highway Code

The Malagasy Highway Code for Motorbikers When you see a lorry coming your way, take a big breath and hold it. It's going to stink. A full helmet is great for safety if you fall and hit your head, but it does mean you can't scratch your ears. Even after...

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Tags: zebu, rice, motorbike, rain, road, skin, orange, hair, highway code, pothole, police, madagascar, malagasy, paddy, emergency, horn, indicator, rickshaw, traffic, trolley

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1 septembre 2014

Alefa Madagascar! Part 2 of 2.

The starting point of anything Malagasy is Antananarivo, the capital city, generally shortened to Tana. It's bang in the centre of Madagascar, and it's where all the planes go to and come from. So, logically, this was the starting point of my adventure....

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Tags: house, food, rice, motorbike, people, town, road, village, tree, down, mountain, trip, travel, republic, madagascar, alefa, voyage, capital, city, paddy

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25 août 2014

Alefa Madagascar! Part 1 of 2.

I enjoyed hiking in Reunion Island and liked the country very much, it has an interesting history and it's extremely beautiful. However, I don't think I'll be back, unless I can manage to get a transfer to live and work there. Madagascar, though, was...

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Tags: holiday, emily, motorbike, road, family, driving, package, trip, musician, madagascar, 250, kawasaki, malagasy

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29 mai 2014

Super-Car

There are lots of cars in Mayotte, many more than the roads can provide for in terms of capacity and maintenance. But one is above all. One car to rule them all. One car to find them. One car to bring them all and in the potholes bind them. In the land...

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Tags: mayotte, car, road, football, decoration, goldys, lord of the rings, om, psg, team

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19 mai 2014

Repoblikan'i Madagasikara : a visiting vazaha.

Just spent a week in Madagascar, and absolutely fell in love with the place. It's beautiful. It started off with a rather strange idea of going to Antsiranana - more pronounceably known as Diego Suarez - to learn to kitesurf. One of those all-inclusive...

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Tags: holiday, sea, road, market, chameleon, children, red, animal, trip, surf, lemur, antananarivo, antsiranana, diego, emerald, kite, madagascar, suarez, tsingy, frog

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