some photos without Lemurs or Penguins
if people want some tips about getting around the place without using Air Maybe , I will see if I can answer - though flying is the easiset way to get around as the roads are a bit fcuked and 360 klms took me 10 hours on the road.
this is the Capital city - Antananarivo , and these hills are where the rich live
a few photos of Tana
A Gold Blanche from the tap - cwille take note
The road - RN2 ( route national 2 ) from Tana to Toamasina ( or Tamatave ) - this is 360 klms and a decrease in elevation of 1000 meters , which means a lot of spectacular terrain . The road is only one lane each way , with many small towns and villages hanging off each side and enroaching - and as this is the main road between the islands port of Tamatave all the freight is on trucks which are mostly second hand from France , Belguim and Germany and in various states of disrepair , broken down trucks on the road are common , and even broken down trucks blocking the whole road as they attempted to negotiate a switchback and died.
some daily life in Tamatave photos
to be continued below as I can only attach 20 files per post and I will now spen 30 minutes editing this post to change the thumbnails for the 1024x768 photos that I uploaded