Madagascar

[Golfinho]

The best hotel in Sambava is LE Carrefour. I couldn't last two days in the bug-ridden Orchidea bungalows. The girls that sit outside around it and on the beach in front of Pierre's place looking to snag a customer are the hardest core in town — not what you come to Sambava for, but if you're lazy or less discriminate suppose you'the be set.

[SouthEaster]

Daytime in Tulear = Tombstone. Nail. Head. Pretty much sums it up. As does the way to deal with it!

[Neddy69]

In which towns are these bungalows you mentioned located? I'the like to include them in my research too.

One thing I forgot to credit the bungalow in which I stayed was total freedom in bringing ladies to my bungalow with zero oversight or ID check!! It was true hedonism. I sit on my chair on the back side facing the beach wait for a lovely Malagasy girl, wave her over and as soon as she's in we do our thing leaving the back door slightly open to get a cool current through to cool us down. And enjoy the beach view while engaging in love making. My good I need to return but I can't stand that Chinese lady!

Same thing. Stayed at Chez Suzie in Mangily. Not pied a l eau but 80 metres away. There is some nice beach front Apartments right on the beach north of Chez Cecile which belongs to Bamboo Club. I shagged all the massage Girls for about 2 months. No ID No security No power except solar water bucket shower. Simple life. Paradise for me. And zero mosquitos as Tulear / Mangily very dry unlike the East Coast of Mada. The only issue I had. Worst sh.ts in my life. And Tulear. Same as all Mada Towns. In the afternoon. Tombstone. So. Take a Siesta with your favourite chica. If that's not Paradise. I don't know where it exists. Who wants development?

Neddy.

[Member #4563]

In which towns are these bungalows you mentioned located?

Bungalows without fence perimeter are dangerous especially something like Orchedia Beach II which get robbed frequently. No ID is required in any of Mada towns. {not talking about cities].

Personally I was suffering in SAVA because I was not ready to pay to restaurants such as Orchedia Beach II. And Villa sheriddane restaurant are not operational. Funny the owner told me its operational but the stuff say no. That's because the old man look fucked up and sick. They all died sooner.

As far as my experience Tana and diego has the best food both quantity and quality wise. Other then that you will need to pay triple. Sambava hotels are 100000 to 150000 per night. More likely 150 k. Villa sheriddane is 45 k front room and 40 k back. I wanted refrigerator so much but that's 150 k per night.

Rchedia Beach II below in the background.

[BrasilSoccer0]

In which towns are these bungalows you mentioned located? I'the like to include them in my research too.

One thing I forgot to credit the bungalow in which I stayed was total freedom in bringing ladies to my bungalow with zero oversight or ID check!! It was true hedonism. I sit on my chair on the back side facing the beach wait for a lovely Malagasy girl, wave her over and as soon as she's in we do our thing leaving the back door slightly open to get a cool current through to cool us down. And enjoy the beach view while engaging in love making. My good I need to return but I can't stand that Chinese lady!

Thanks, I did stay there in one of the rooms. Not bungalow- also for a short while before I moved next door to Villa Sheridanne (Yes, GH--but Pierre is quite dement now. It's more or less run by the staff).

Yes, the food is good.

If you like bungalows "pied a leau" you must go to Mangily. Salary Bay or to Ile St Marie.

[BrasilSoccer0]

Inside are nicer and have a / see and balcony but the bungalow has the view day & night! And as for mosquito I got a repellent and asked for and received a working fan to keep the mosquitoes away. Then I discovered that little coilled up scented thing was actually an aromatic insect repellent and as soon as I start using them wow I was happy. They replenish them daily.

The power yes goes out can't recall when exactly but they do have a generator close to the front main gate that's always closed and that generator is switched on a bike that will leave for dinner time so that the kitchen will be lit up.

That is indeed the place I stayed. I was staying in the inside rooms and when they got a large group they booted me into one of the bungalows. I guess our standards are a bit different! I didn't like the poor lighting or the mosquitoes that invaded when sunset came along. I suppose I have become accustomed to creature comforts. As I recall electric went out every day and WIFI sucked. Have to admit the location and scenery on the beach was very nice. I lasted 5 days and flew back to Tana, then next day taxi brousse to Tamatave. It may be a dark dump for some people but at least it is a "real" city (by Mada standards!

SE.

[BrasilSoccer0]

S.

It's good now.

I have good address and references on Mangily (cf my December memo and pics), and I believe flight cost from TANA same for Morondava or Tulear. But impossible to transmit private messages when storage full!

[TigeDeJade]

Thanks, I did stay there in one of the rooms. Not bungalow- also for a short while before I moved next door to Villa Sheridanne (Yes, GH--but Pierre is quite dement now. It's more or less run by the staff).

Yes, the food is good.

If you like bungalows "pied a leau" you must go to Mangily. Salary Bay or to Ile St Marie.

I was Ile sainte Marie, end December / beginning January (left by last flight before one week air and sea blockade of the island because of typhoon Ava!) .

I was there not for mongering. But everything (hotels, restaurants.) is 50 pc to 100 pc more expansive than on the big island.

Sainte Marie completely devoted to standard European tourists (of course when you do not know Mada, you may find it cheap according to international standards) .

So, I do not say that it is a bad place, but no interest for our hobby, as girls necessarily in line with general situation.

[Amadeuss]

I looked up the hotel from Google maps since I forgot the name but knew the rough location on the map and the name of the hotel is Orchedia Beach II. Great food!

Thanks, I did stay there in one of the rooms. Not bungalow- also for a short while before I moved next door to Villa Sheridanne (Yes, GH--but Pierre is quite dement now. It's more or less run by the staff).

Yes, the food is good.

If you like bungalows "pied a leau" you must go to Mangily. Salary Bay or to Ile St Marie.

[SouthEaster]

That is indeed the place I stayed. I was staying in the inside rooms and when they got a large group they booted me into one of the bungalows. I guess our standards are a bit different! I didn't like the poor lighting or the mosquitoes that invaded when sunset came along. I suppose I have become accustomed to creature comforts. As I recall electric went out every day and WIFI sucked. Have to admit the location and scenery on the beach was very nice. I lasted 5 days and flew back to Tana, then next day taxi brousse to Tamatave. It may be a dark dump for some people but at least it is a "real" city (by Mada standards!

SE.

[TigeDeJade]

The bungalow in which I stayed was in SAMBAVA and it was one of ONLY 2 bungalows for a normal hotel operated by a Chinese skinny woman and her sone. She has a cool Greek husband who is a ship captain.

I didn't like the lady much. I prepaid for my stay to get a better rate but I had to cut my arrangement short and she wouldn't give back anything not even 50% and didn't care why I had to leave. She came across as distrusting and frugal. But the bungalow has awesome for me.

For me and unlike you I can spend months there because I love to swim and be in the sea so it won't be boring for me. And that's what I'll look for for my next trip to manda. I noticed there are way more bungalows in morondova!

I have good address and references on Mangily (cf my December memo and pics), and I believe flight cost from TANA same for Morondava or Tulear. But impossible to transmit private messages when storage full!

[TigeDeJade]

It was the best experience 4 me.

I stayed in Antalaha and Sambava.

Antalaha has an innocent laidback attitude and lots of sweet young ladies. Great restaurant options. But I was missing a good bungalow on a sandy beach with no rocks. So I moved to Sambava.

Sambava is busier with more pedestrian movement. But I was lucky because I found my bungalow on a sandy beach and I was instantly in my own paradise no matter the girls. You see for me the bungalow on a sandy beach where I would go swimming DAILY in the morning and bring my plastic chair and sit on the beach watching the water and waves and feeling the breeze just makes my paradise and justified everything!

In fact the Bungalow had a back door facing the beach and I will leave it open while I'm inside my room and I will feel the breeze and it's so amazing and relaxing going to sleep with the natural soundtrack of waves breaking off on the shore 20 meters from my bed and my girl in my arms. That is what I will look for one 100% in my next trip to Madagascar you see once I get that set up where I can be on a clean sandy beach with no rocks! And with clean water where I can go swim deep and dive then I can make anything else happen including bringing girls...

Many additional things to say. As I am leaving soon again to MADA, but your storage on private messages is full so rejected answer!

[BrasilSoccer0]

I looked up the hotel from Google maps since I forgot the name but knew the rough location on the map and the name of the hotel is Orchedia Beach II. Great food!

Your observations on those both towns do cover my experiences as well.

In Sambava, I didn't find a bungalow at the beach, but a room in a private house at the beach.

Do you still have the name of your bungalow?

[BrasilSoccer0]

The bungalow in which I stayed was in SAMBAVA and it was one of ONLY 2 bungalows for a normal hotel operated by a Chinese skinny woman and her sone. She has a cool Greek husband who is a ship captain.

I didn't like the lady much. I prepaid for my stay to get a better rate but I had to cut my arrangement short and she wouldn't give back anything not even 50% and didn't care why I had to leave. She came across as distrusting and frugal. But the bungalow has awesome for me.

For me and unlike you I can spend months there because I love to swim and be in the sea so it won't be boring for me. And that's what I'll look for for my next trip to manda. I noticed there are way more bungalows in morondova!

Thanks Brasil for the detailed report. I think I stayed in the bungalow you described a couple of years ago. It sounds little changed from then. A bit quiet for me. I could handle maybe 2 weeks and then be bored out of my mind no matter how beautiful the setting.

As for Morondava. Yikes. If it is half as bad as Golfinho makes it out to be maybe I should just head straight to Tulear! It's a long way to go for shitty beach, literally.

SE.

[Golfinho]

In Sambava, I didn't find a bungalow at the beach, but a room in a private house at the beach. Do you still have the name of your bungalow?

Picture taken from terrace in front of second floor room at Villa Scheridanne. Is Pierre no longer running the show there?

There's the lone, bug-ridden beachfront bungalows at Orchidea 2. Otherwise, at end of the beach towards the airport, there are places so (let's say) rustic that it's hard to believe a westerner would choose to stay in one of them, unless he's travelled all the way there with the goal of spending as little money as possible.