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04-22-11 18:05 #795
Posts: 187Originally Posted by John Palmer [View Original Post]
Why particularly Morondava? Aren't the babes in Majunga, Diego, Tamatave & Toliara equally forward?
Breaking news: EU bans Air Madagascar's two B-767s on safety grounds. Report says fares to Mada likely to increase.
http://www.air-valid.co.uk/air-madag...ir-ticket.html
http://www.eturbonews.com/22413/eu-b...dagascar-b767s
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04-22-11 12:40 #794
Posts: 822Ile Ste Marie
Bad choice!
Boring as hell without ladies.
Instead, take a plane directly to Morandava. Hang around the beach and the nightclub. The babes will approach you.
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04-21-11 17:01 #793
Posts: 3Advice re Madagascar
Been planning on visiting Mada for a while. They are just a couple of things I'm unsure of before booking my holiday.
1) How easy is it to communicate if one does not speak french or malagasy language. Don't know if a pocket dicktionary will help. My second holiday option is Costa rica but I don't speak spanish either.
2) What are the costs of renting good apartments near the nightlife in Tana.
3) Has anyone had any experience of hiring drivers / cars and what are the costs involved plus any other tips.
4) Internal flights. Is it best to have these included on your ticket or is it better to just buy when in the country.
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04-21-11 16:43 #792
Posts: 3What about going NY to London
Originally Posted by La Isla [View Original Post]
What about going NY to London via cheapest airline and then using Kenya airways to go from London-nairobi-Antananarivo
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04-19-11 13:51 #791
Posts: 187Originally Posted by Inovaovao [View Original Post]
Like you I'm very conscious of being the whitey ripoff target in poor countries. It's the national sport, and don't the beggars know it! Even so Madagascar has some of the cheapest sex in the world. A good looker in Tana can earn MGA 60,000 ($30) for all-night from a foreigner which is not expensive by South-East Asian standards. That figure drops sharply in the provinces: 30-40k in tourist resorts. 20-30k in quiet towns. And short-times can even be had for the locals' price of 5k. One curiosity of Mada is that amateurs like waitresses exploit vazaha (50k ST 100k LT) because they claim not to be pros, and should therefore be paid more! Being a younger guy and speaking French or Malagasy obviously helps avoid these situations.
Worth remembering is the 2008 law against tourists paying adult prostitutes. If the police rigorously applied it, the foreign mongers would go elsewhere. It leaves the vazaha vulnerable to greedy girls who demand extra and threaten to call the police (or a tough), although this can happen anywhere and is usually a bluff.
So, having been everywhere in Madagascar, where are your favourite places for girls in terms of facilities, safety, attitude and service? Did you ever use a pimp or taxi driver? It's not an easy country to travel on-the-cheap (like Asia) so a savvy monger might just rent a place in a pleasant town and let his lady pimp bring in the goods.
Here's a website with nice photos, an article on Nosy Be girls, and how Rajoelina takes illegal Chinese timber money to pay for his government.
http://www.mada.org.uk/index.html
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04-18-11 15:35 #790
Posts: 315Originally Posted by Paulos21 [View Original Post]
http://www.tonga-soa.com/
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04-16-11 18:38 #789
Posts: 10Originally Posted by Vahaza Be [View Original Post]
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04-15-11 05:14 #788
Posts: 286Yes, I contacted them and they are nuts quoting prices of $2700+. South African Airways is quoting $2100. The crazy part is that the airfare is only $1350 Rt NY to Tana. But there is another $650 in taxes!
I found a Kenya charter company here in the US that flies direct JFK to NBO for $837 all taxes included. Air Mad will get me from there to Tana for 542Euros or $783US for a total of $1624US. That's about $500 cheaper than SAA and $1000US cheaper than Air France. Plus I still get the discount in Mada with Air Mad. I may take a few extra days and see Nairobi. Also, at least it'll pay for a flight or two around the country. I definitely will go to Ile Ste Marie and maybe one more city.
Yes, the train ride sounds like its a blast and a great way to see some of the countryside. I am definitely going to look into it. And hiring a driver is not a bad idea either. I found one on the web for $50US a day plus gas.
I am VERY excited about visiting Mada.
Originally Posted by Trevor2522 [View Original Post]
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04-14-11 18:27 #787
Posts: 315Originally Posted by Paulos21 [View Original Post]
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04-14-11 08:03 #786
Posts: 10Taxi drivers
Originally Posted by Vahaza Be [View Original Post]
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04-14-11 07:37 #785
Posts: 2Mongers inflation
Hallo everybody. I am new here. Actually it's my first post on this page, not only on this thread.
I've been visiting Mada twice, in 2008 and 2010, both times for 3 month. Believe me, I liked the lemurs, but the native inhabitants without any tail I liked the most. In 2008 I went east (Tamatave, St. Marie) , northwest (Nosy Be, Mahajunga) , middle (Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa) , and southwest (Belo-sur-Tsirbihina, Morondava, Tulear). Last year I went only north (Diego, Ramena, Ambilobe, Nosy Be (basically Hellville) , and Mahajunga). And of course always some time in Tana. I am a 'Glacier'-edict!
2008 I took that combi-flight St. Marie-Tana / Tana-Nosy Be (you manage two flight in one day, you pay only the more costly one. But there are not many possible combinations!) , and later I bought another flight from Morondava to Tulear. Each time it cost about 120 (hey you guys in the US, you better get used to prices in uro. So not really cheap, but good carriers they are. Don't worry about non existing security measurements at the small airports. Nobody ever tried to bomb AirMada. That year I actually visited 3 National Parks. 2 years later I couldn'd care less, all I saw were boobs and bumps, and that lovely color of them.
By reading through the last 20-30 pages of this thread I came along prices that made my hair stand up. Are you guys nuts? Yes, the first month in 2008 when I was staying in Tana (Anjary) , and was totally new to that business (and I mean totally new!) , picking my girls from 'Le Glacier' (or sometimes rather being picked, green as I was) , I payed once or twice 50. 000Ar for a night with unlimited shots (exept my personel limit). But than I learned, and in Belo I even managed 10. 000Ar (4) , but not for a nighter. Of course very often you have additional costs, like drinks, cigarettes (for her and all her friends) , taxi in the morning, some late night snack p. P, but I always tried to keep this reasonable. I don't mind at all to treat and pay the girls correct, but I hate.
To be scamed and fooled. I am an European living in India, so all the f. And' time I am a (rich) 'Whitie' who is just waiting to be milked. You understand what I mean?
The average monthly salary for a restaurant waiter, a salesperson, a maid, . In Madagascar is less than 20. So, if you pay that same amount for a quickie of 30 minutes, what do you expect them to think. You think the (very) young chicks of +6/10 will bother to find a mean job? You bet they won't.
So, guys, please come and visit Madagascar and the beautiful and willing Madagirls, they are desperately waiting for you, but PLEASE don't spoil the prices. Whenever you visit or live abroad, in a less developed country, you have to adjust all your payements (be it salaries of your maid, gardener or driver, be it tips in the restaurant, or be it hooker-money) you have an responsebility towards the local market. If you overpay you bring a delicate, economic system out of balance. I mean it!
We will always be the 'Richies' merely by having the money for a ticket and for the Hotels, and by having the luxury of 'going holiday'. I think it finally expresses more respect towards these underprivileged people if we haggle over the price asked, particularly for 'special services'.
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04-11-11 20:38 #784
Posts: 315Good price, but October is not peak season (although there are fewer tourists with the current clown in power). June-August (even September) rates tend to be crazy high.
Originally Posted by La Isla [View Original Post]
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04-11-11 20:09 #783
Posts: 187Originally Posted by Blackwhite99 [View Original Post]
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04-09-11 19:13 #782
Posts: 235Originally Posted by Trevor2522 [View Original Post]
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04-09-11 13:42 #781
Posts: 187Originally Posted by La Isla [View Original Post]
Have you tried Air France for the whole trip? They might even offer a hotel for the transit in Paris if you time it right which would break the journey nicely. October is a quiet period for air travel after the brats go back to school. Getting to Ile Ste Marie is relatively easy by road & ferry and you are out of the typhoon season then.