Madagascar

[Dodochen]

For me is the big question "how will the scene change after corona in tamatave, tana, tulear and so on".

I want to make my first trip at this moment where the conditions are mostly normal. But what will be the change?

[Tinte]

From Tamatave to Manakara. Taxi brousse. Parts can bee done on the canal de Panganale. So I will try, some rather remote places to discover. Take a guide or stay around other tourists with a guide. Up to the Legionnaires experience and bravery.

Last time- different route. I got in contact with a coal lorry driver for some beer I did on section with that.

Jes Manakara / Fiana. The train. As I did last time, but taxi is also operating on a good rout. Made a stop in Ranomafana for the forest.

Look always for entertaining options. But use your common sense or they chop you up and will grill you!

Tinte / Black ink.

[Mudrakarma]

To me, I would highly recommend Tamatave!

First 2 nights in Tana, take the bus to Tamatave and stay there for 5 nights. Slowly strolling down the coast to Manakara, take a rest for 5 nights. Etc. Toliara. Ifaty.

But that's just me. RTFF.

I guess to you - just Tamatave ? No !

Never been there, will perhaps go there, on the bottom of my list. But to you I recommend Nosy be. For a start.

Tinte / Black ink.

Sounds good, how is the road from Tamatave to Manakara? From there the train to Fiana (if it is working) and down to Toliara.

Mudra.

[Neddy69]

Would you guys recommend Tamatve?

Its such a generic question but info is scarce or I can not find. Tamatve interests me the most out of all Africa options. I have never been to Africa, can speak only the most basic French and know ac and Pattaya.

I had in mind a few days Tana and the rest Tamatve instead of just Nosy be.

Nosy be seems to be the default option for mada but its such a remote place and this scares me off tbh. What makes this place stand out? Are the more ladies available? Is it the beach?

Do you have a problem with eyesight? There is Hundreds of posts about Tamatave or Toamasina as it's called also. Use the search function and type in TAMATAVE.

I hope the post was helpful.

La Buse.

[SouthEaster]

The reason you hear a lot about Nosy be is for several reasons. It has the most tourist traffic, by which I mean tourists, not just travellers and mongers. One of the reasons I don't like it. It has the best infrastructure except for perhaps Tana. It is the easiest to get by in with little / no French and right now probably has more flights than Tana! And yes it has plenty of ladies, but so does the rest of the country. Don't be put off by it's remoteness. Everywhere in Mada is remote except Tamatave. In any case it is all moot because at the moment (unless there has been a change) you can't go anywhere else anyway.

How much time have you got? If it is limited you may find all you want in Tamatave and decide to just stay there. I don't know what Tinte is saying. Yes highly recommended and he has never been there. On the bottom of his list. Then it is just Tamatave, not for you? And forget about Manakara unless you have plenty of time. Takes ages to get to and out of and not a hell of a lot there when you do. Concentrate on a few major centres and fly if you have the means. And yes RTFF. Everything you want to know (well, almost) is there.

[Tinte]

To me, I would highly recommend Tamatave!

First 2 nights in Tana, take the bus to Tamatave and stay there for 5 nights. Slowly strolling down the coast to Manakara, take a rest for 5 nights. Etc. Toliara. Ifaty.

But that's just me. RTFF.

I guess to you - just Tamatave ? No !

Never been there, will perhaps go there, on the bottom of my list. But to you I recommend Nosy be. For a start.

Tinte / Black ink.

[Bienenstich]

Would you guys recommend Tamatve?

Its such a generic question but info is scarce or I can not find. Tamatve interests me the most out of all Africa options. I have never been to Africa, can speak only the most basic French and know ac and Pattaya.

I had in mind a few days Tana and the rest Tamatve instead of just Nosy be.

Nosy be seems to be the default option for mada but its such a remote place and this scares me off tbh. What makes this place stand out? Are the more ladies available? Is it the beach?

[Mudrakarma]

This is not a report. I'm just recommending a video of Miss Madagascar, Nosy Be. She looks yummy in her two-piece. https://youtu.be/lXoBhvt9FAs.

Thanks for the share, can't wait getting there.

[Tinte]

This is not a report. I'm just recommending a video of Miss Madagascar, Nosy Be. She looks yummy in her two-piece. https://youtu.be/lXoBhvt9FAs.

Makes me think how jung she is? Take a guess!

Miss Mada 2020 by the way is 2 years junger - 18 !

Tinte / Black ink.

[Tavares]

This is not a report. I'm just recommending a video of Miss Madagascar, Nosy Be. She looks yummy in her two-piece. https://youtu.be/lXoBhvt9FAs.

The beaches and the turquoise blue sea are really nice! Thanks for sharing.

[AttilaTheHun]

This is not a report. I'm just recommending a video of Miss Madagascar, Nosy Be. She looks yummy in her two-piece. https://youtu.be/lXoBhvt9FAs.

[SonicBoom1]

This is not a report. I'm just recommending Andrea Lee's excellent short story "The Rivals" in the current New Yorker. It's about two aged Italian vazaha fighting for the affection of a duplicitous Malagasy woman on a fictionalized Nosy Be. An amusing mental escape in this plague year.

Thanks for the recommendation. I enjoyed reading the story.

[John Clayton]

This is not a report. I'm just recommending Andrea Lee's excellent short story "The Rivals" in the current New Yorker. It's about two aged Italian vazaha fighting for the affection of a duplicitous Malagasy woman on a fictionalized Nosy Be. An amusing mental escape in this plague year.

[Mudrakarma]

Don't care about people bashing you for using a guide / pimp or giving a tip to a helpful guard. Just hope you are enjoying your vacation and I'm looking forward to more reports!

The so called helpful guards are very often just hawkers, maybe not in this case.

Mudra.

[LuddeBoy]

Since there seem to be a few who think I should ditch and avoid the guide / pimp this report will be kind of a sidetrack. Reports, and maybe pictures, on girls will still be coming, don't worry about it.

My island trip was actually arranged by my guide. Price was the same as I have seen on several adverts by the roadside and one of the other guides (a stout female) tried to sell me the same trip for the same price the other day. He also told me that the price for bringing my local "girlfriend" would be half compared to what I would pay for myself. This he did without any questions or prompting from me. Everything was included as promised, except for alcoholic beverages on the beach. Water, soft drinks, snacks and fruit as well as a very nice lunch buffet. Buffet included fish, crab, shrimps, condiments as well as beer and soft drinks. My date and I also received a large plate of langoustines, which were not a part of the lunch for the group. Guide told me that he got us this because he had promised me langoustines on the trip. In fact it was only mentioned in passing while we talked about the destination the other day. He was very helpful and attentive the whole day and when we returned he neither asked for nor got any extra money.

When I asked for a good Christmas party he did not try to sell me on any of the numerous parties that are advertised for 50-200 k per person. Instead he suggested that I would pay for supermarket beer and produce that he and the hotel doorman would cook on the hotel balcony..

Don't care about people bashing you for using a guide / pimp or giving a tip to a helpful guard. Just hope you are enjoying your vacation and I'm looking forward to more reports!