Madagascar

[NamasteParis]

Hi there! I'll be at Diego mid-May. Anyone knows a good 4 WD car rental, or a good 4 WD driver, to fool around the area (3 bays, montains, red tsingys.)?

Please PM me.

Thanks in advance.

[NamasteParis]

Observations.

1. Definitely recommend eating at Tsy Manin and not at Zeburger.

Yep, Tsy Manin is one of my favourite places to have lunch on Sunday, then you can stay and leave your things at your table and go to swim, then spend the day on the beach drinking a beer there, and you're ready for Taty Chris at night, just few steps besides (1 min walk.). Last year the owner was an old white french guy (ex-owner of Hotel de la Poste at St Louis, Senegal), who was really a character! He left now and the new owner is from Corse: nice guy!

Regarding Zeburger, they have a wonderful chocolate mousse (mousse au chocolat) though. What I do: at any place I have a drink, I go to talk to the Zeburger waitress, order a chocolate mousse, and show her where I stay. Then she would bring it to me (not too far of course), and I'll bring back the cup and the spoon later.

[Bienenstich]

If you think it will get better at the station you will be wrong. There will be even more people who want a share of your money and if you are unlucky their boss is there as well so they will demand even more. Or you can just stay hard and sleep there for 2 days with cockroaches and rats take good care of your wallet at all times if you have it on you in the station. But honestly just look for a solution right on spot and try not to get in such avoidable situations in the first place. Just certify your passport and visa any commune can do it but here should be nearest one if you're in tana. https://maps.app.goo.gl/L2aTtFNsdPHzt246A when you enter take a right and photocopy your passport and visa on one paper for 400. Then go upstairs first floor and turn right. As you enter go left present your copy and original passport and pay 1 k. Youll get a paper with a number on it, take it. Wait a few minutes until they either call your number or name. Youll get back your documents. You can plastify your copy in the copyshop downstairs as well which I would recommend doing.

If you don't engage in violence or other stupid shit the 10 k max bribe is correct I have paid that as well for going home when there was curfew. Or 2-5 k, mostly 5 k tho for not having frontlight on my scooter or other things which I'm not allowed to do haha. Not sure on NB but here in tana I don't remember being asked for a license once been pulled out well over 20 times. Mostly its just papers so assurance, vignette and fracture (the receipt of you buying the vehicle) bc they are looking for money. Also I've heard people say that you won't need a license for 50 CC and under so many scooters just say on paper they are 50 CC altho they are 100 or what have you. The international drivers license should have category A for motorbikes.

[NamasteParis]

I'll be at Tana and Diego for 2 weeks in May.

Drinking a beer - PM me!

[Pokeris]

Observations.

1. Definitely recommend eating at Tsy Manin and not at Zeburger.

2. Tatie Chris is off the chain. And the music is really good.

3. Badoo and Tinder don't work well for Nosy be. Neither make it easy to search for girls here on the island. Badoo thinks Ambatalaoka is somewhere in the middle of Madagascar. Likewise I'm not finding nearly as many Facebook girls here as I do in Tamatave, Tana, and Mahajunga.

4. I've only been to taxi be very early and very late. But the girls seemed pretty hard and a bit older than I like.

5. Small sample size, but the Malagasy girls I've been with so far had exceptionally tight pussies. Tighter than anything I found in Latin America and above average for anything I've found in Thailand or the Philippines.

6. Price. It's not, in fact, the cheapest place in the world. The Ariary is about on par with the Colombian peso. In Santa Fe, I've banged plenty of girls for 35,000 pesos..

1. the best place to find the girls is everywhere at daytime try at daresalam near supermarket as they all going for shopping here. You mixed up something taxibe is not working its demolished and they building the new one now so its still construction going.

2. for beach girls best time is 17.30 pm till dark as its not so hot and some girls going for a walk. Anyway the best time for beach girls is weekends especially Sunday is hundreds people here same time from 17.30 pm till the dark.

3. you not need dating apps at nosybe thery are useless here.

4. yes its has couple nightlife spots but they not worth to go an visit.

5. they are made abroad and imported here.

[Tottem]

Your impressions remind me of how I felt the first time I visited. Tatie Chris is the main event where the selection is big. Collect as many numbers as possible while you are there, you will need when. On Saturdays the selection is also good at Afro Bar as girls from Hell-Ville with regular jobs will try to get some extra money. They usually line up outside on the street, this is in high season have no idea about the low season. In the week it is the same old faces in the bars, quickly gets boring. One week is fine, after 2 weeks I just want to go home as the selection is too limited.

And take into account that I am diving 2 times per day also while I am there.

Observations.

1. Definitely recommend eating at Tsy Manin and not at Zeburger.

2. Tatie Chris is off the chain. And the music is really good.

3. Badoo and Tinder don't work well for Nosy be. Neither make it easy to search for girls here on the island. Badoo thinks Ambatalaoka is somewhere in the middle of Madagascar. Likewise I'm not finding nearly as many Facebook girls here as I do in Tamatave, Tana, and Mahajunga.

4. I've only been to taxi be very early and very late. But the girls seemed pretty hard and a bit older than I like.

5. Small sample size, but the Malagasy girls I've been with so far had exceptionally tight pussies. Tighter than anything I found in Latin America and above average for anything I've found in Thailand or the Philippines.

[ShadowJ]

Observations.

1. Definitely recommend eating at Tsy Manin and not at Zeburger.

2. Tatie Chris is off the chain. And the music is really good.

3. Badoo and Tinder don't work well for Nosy be. Neither make it easy to search for girls here on the island. Badoo thinks Ambatalaoka is somewhere in the middle of Madagascar. Likewise I'm not finding nearly as many Facebook girls here as I do in Tamatave, Tana, and Mahajunga.

4. I've only been to taxi be very early and very late. But the girls seemed pretty hard and a bit older than I like.

5. Small sample size, but the Malagasy girls I've been with so far had exceptionally tight pussies. Tighter than anything I found in Latin America and above average for anything I've found in Thailand or the Philippines.

6. Price. It's not, in fact, the cheapest place in the world. The Ariary is about on par with the Colombian peso. In Santa Fe, I've banged plenty of girls for 35,000 pesos. What makes this place different is that the girls do not seem mercenary at all, they give you the full bareback GFE that a Filipina would give, and they never discuss the money with you. You just drop 40-60 k in their purse and it is done.

7. Those of you who said French was necessary, I kind of believe you. Communication has been hard. And I know I would have picked up more girls if I could flirt in French.

8. This place really seems like paradise. I had a full view of the Milky Way last night walking along the beach from Tatie Chris.

9. Getting around is odd. It is much faster to walk from Madirokely to Ambataloaka than it is to ride a Tuktuk. Somebody ought to start a water-taxi service here.

Questions:

Now that I'm a bit better informed, let me ask some questions:

1. During the week, where is the best place to find pretty 18-22 year old girls? I haven't seen a huge concentration and I've been disappointed in Taxi Be.

2. Is there a best time to patrol the beach for girls?

3. Has anybody found success with dating apps in Nosy Be?

4. Are there any nightlife spots in Hellville that I should check out?

5. Among the boats, there are some really nice yachts. Where were they made? How did they get here?

[ShadowJ]

First 2 nights in Nose Be.

I have a beautiful Airbnb right on the beach and a short walk to Tati Chris. Sunday night, that's where I went. I went fairly early and found a cute 18 year old. We had some fun at my room. Then I sent her on her way and ate dinner at chez senga. I was a little apprehensive about the food quality so I simply ordered pesto pasta. It was surprisingly good.

Then I went back to Tatie Chris and got another cute 21 year old from Mahajunga with a perfect, innocent face and a brilliant smile. I got her back to the room. I've never seen a girl with big boobs who also had big, puffy areolas. They were fantastic to suck on. She was hesitant to give me a BJ. But the sex was amazing.

Monday, I let the day get away from me. I went into Hellville for lunch at Papillon. I had a really good Zebu burger. I then went back for an afternoon swim. I was swamped with work so I was stuck inside for most of the evening. I grabbed dinner at Zeburger. Despite the many positive reviews, I would not recommend it. I specifically asked for my burger well-done because I'm paranoid of food poisoning. The first patty was a little undercooked but otherwise tasted fine. A few bites into the second patty, I tasted something odd. I don't know what it was. But I spit it out and stopped eating. I'm not going back.

As I was walking back, Mahajunga girl messaged me and came over. We had a great night together.

This morning, I went out at 10 and walked over to Tsy Manin restaurant. I was disappointed they didn't have a breakfast menu. But I was in for a surprise. The chef, Alex, asked me what I wanted to eat. I explained what I like and he suggested chicken Milanese. He told me to come back at noon. After a nice swim, I went back for lunch. It was the probably the best meal I've ever had in a 3rd world country. I plan to go back as often as I can.

[Litriman]

A question for the regulars of this great thread about this very special country. I'm a Spaniard who has traveled a little through Africa (5 or 6 trips to Uganda, I lost count, Rwanda, Kenya, Namibia, Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau), always on my own, improvising, to areas a little hidden, fleeing from where the European "white brother" steps. Many trips also through very different areas of America and Asia.

I've been to Madagascar for the first time this March (only 2 weeks, Tana and Tamatave), and I'm going to return next June, now flying from Madrid to Nosy Be and I want to visit some other area until Diego Surez.

The question is about police corruption, I experienced it firsthand, they stopped me several times while going in a taxi in Tananarivo, and I had not read that you've to carry your passport with you (the website of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns, but they usually do so with warnings very catastrophic). 3 times I showed a Spanish ID and they only asked me for money for a beer LOL and I didn't give anything, but one time a police couple became aggressive and told me to get out of the car as they were arresting me for not having my passport.

Finally they didn't arrest me, but it was the last night and 1 am. And they were very aggressive to get me out of the taxi and take me into custody, it was not pleasant at all.

Does anyone know what can happen if the police stop us for not having our passport and they don't accept the bribe? What are we facing in that police station at dawn? The 10,000 ariaris (2) that at Neddy69 mentions, this corrupt police did not want that money, I've seen that they are not always going to accept, I think some expect much more money. In Tana I saw many police checks at night, there must be foreigners who will give them X amount of money, the more the bastards give the more money the fucking corrupt cops will expect.

Another question, in order not to always have to party with the passport on me, should the photocopy of the passport be certified there in Madagascar, including the visa in the photocopy? Which I understand is what the corrupt police will also ask to see.

In Nosy Be I want to rent a motorcycle to get around the island. Does anyone know what can happen if the police stop me riding a motorcycle without a license? I understand that the international license is valid for cars, not for motorcycles (in Spain the car license is valid for scooters up to 125 CC, but I think that is not the case in most European countries).

Very grateful for the great contributions that some forum members altruistically share here. I hope to continue providing anecdotes and useful information and some photos, I like to write and help about places I know, but I do it in a forum in Spanish language.

[SouthEaster]

Fortunately if you are heading to Nosy Be you shouldn't need any. Enjoy your stay and let us know how you make out, so to speak.

[ShadowJ]

After a 24 hour flight and some work complications that will interrupt my trip in the middle, I finally arrived. I stayed at Sakamanga. Which is a very nice hotel. Almost an oasis in the middle of the city. Nice hot showers, working aircon, and WiFi that enabled me to make several FaceTime calls without anybody figuring out that I was not in the US. I did a walk around. Including along Independence in the afternoon. Some beggars. No more than I've encountered in Latin America. There were some attractive girls out but none openly returned my eye contact. I went to Glassier. But the girls in there were all FUGLY. So I went back to recharge and have a late lunch / early dinner. I went back out at 8. I didn't like the taxi touts near the hotel so I kept walking until I found a guy with his own car. I asked him to take me to Taxi Be. It was 100% empty. I was the only customer there. The waitress told me that customers start coming around 10 pm. I was getting sleepy and needed some companionship so I went back to Glassier. This time it was much more crowded and I spotted a cutie (early 20's) named Adore. We agreed on 60. Back at the room, she had some serious baby damage but was sweet and knew how to move to make me blast off way faster than I wanted to. I needed my sleep so I let her go back. I thought I might go back out. But I closed my eyes and it was already 9 am.

Now I'm at the airport waiting for my trip to Nosy Be. Wish me luck.

[Neddy69]

Hmmmmm, interesting 10th post. Yeah, maybe you should never go to Madagascar again.

Anyone else have any intel on this article?

VL.

There was a law enacted in parliament about chemical castrating multiple rapists of minors most are Malagasy men. We're taking about small children here. No kidding.

https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/reuni...s-1470744.html

About that guy not carrying a passport. Everything knows that you should carry a certified copy of your passport with you at all times. The bribe is maximum 10.000 ariary anybody who pays more is an I. T.

La Buse.

Legal resident.

[Vavy Lover]

Always make sure to see ID and girls are at least 18 or you will be castrated, as parliament has passed a new law.

A girl could easily blackmail you. One wrong accusation and your "tool" of making love is gone forever.

https://news.sky.com/story/madagasca...s-law-13069323

But I wonder if corrupt police can't find a way to charge someone even though you haven't done anything wrong.

On my last trip I was pulled out of traffic because I am white and police wanted to arrest me because I didn't carry my passport, it was at my hotel.

I had to pay him so much ransom money to let me go.

When I left the country they wanted to know how much cash I carry and I had to open everything up.

As a foreigner you are an easy target, police always tries to find something on you.

Bottom line: don't get castrated.

Never Madagascar again, never!

Hmmmmm, interesting 10th post. Yeah, maybe you should never go to Madagascar again.

Anyone else have any intel on this article?

VL.

[Tinte]

Hi, any way to sort hotel that are girl friendly / not girl friendly in Ambatoloaka?

Sarimanok, Perle Rare, Etoile Blanche.

Looking for accommodation where there are no questions asked and I can bring as many girls I like.

Thanks!

There was only one hotel in Fianarantsoa that did have a sign on the reception: No Visitors / girl companion accepted.

In some places the girls have o deposit a ID.

That means in general you can take girls in, that's the norm. Just ask them.

[DerTyperb]

Always make sure to see ID and girls are at least 18 or you will be castrated, as parliament has passed a new law.

A girl could easily blackmail you. One wrong accusation and your "tool" of making love is gone forever.

https://news.sky.com/story/madagasca...s-law-13069323

But I wonder if corrupt police can't find a way to charge someone even though you haven't done anything wrong.

On my last trip I was pulled out of traffic because I am white and police wanted to arrest me because I didn't carry my passport, it was at my hotel.

I had to pay him so much ransom money to let me go.

When I left the country they wanted to know how much cash I carry and I had to open everything up.

As a foreigner you are an easy target, police always tries to find something on you.

Bottom line: don't get castrated.

Never Madagascar again, never!