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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Roadtrip to the south!

Last Wednsday after some struggle with Nyaina's car, we finally got on the road to go to Toliara, a city in the south of Madagascar. But the road there was not an easy task, it was a lot of turns and bumps in the road, so you couldn't drive that fast; and also there is always people walking by the street that you have to watch out for. We stopped at a hotel in Fianarantsoa on the way to have some lunch, and in the bathroom in that hotel there was alot of things that wasn't allowed to do..
When it was beginning to get dark, we were on a really nice road that was just straight ahead, with no bumps at all; and we were happy. But when we least expected it, there was a sharp stone in the middle of the road, we hit it and it maked a huge hole in the tire. So then Nyaina had to show his skills and change it out.
After 15 hours in the car we finally get to Toliara and there it was a really cute dog that was waiting for us.. He was one of the most cuddly dogs I have ever met!
For going to the beach in Ifaty you have to have a four-wheel drive, because the roads there are just sand and stones. But to get that without paying a lot of money you have to look for a long time, but at last we found one, and the morning after we left for the beach. I was so lucky that one of Nyaina's friends wanted to go there with a motorcross-bike so I could join, that was really fun; even though I broke his tires because I ran over a cactus. but of course I forgot to take a picture of it..

The beach was really beautiful! Here you can see a picture taken from the water and up to our hotel:
Like a dream, or what?

We slept at the hotel for one night, and the day after we went back to Toliara, slept there for one night and then we drove to Isalo, a nationalpark in the south, there they had natural waterfalls and of course Lemurs! But this time the lemurs were living in the wild, so we didn't get to pet them; but we got to go pretty close to them because they were used to people.

A picture of the magnificent nature in Isalo:

Julie and me in the waterfall:

A lemur with her baby:
We slept one night in Isalo and then we left and drove for 5 hours, then we were in Fianarantsoa again, slept there and went home in the morning.

- Mary Ann

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