Madagascar

[Member #4178]

Another mada expert that never been there before.

Are you a walking joke?

[Trevor2522]

It seems that you bring all your info from the internet. (blogs, other travellers reports, google, bradt book etc). The all idea of this forum is to bring personal reports and experience from places you actually visit, with your own photos taken of ladies you have met. It's become very confusing.

Yikes, all my research is being palmed off by one of the johns!

[Member #4178]

Its seems that you bring all your of info from the internet. (blogs, other travellers reports, google, bradt book etc)

The all idea of this forum is to bring personal report and experience from places you actually visit, with your own.

Photos taken from ladies / places you have meet.

Its become very confusing.

[Trevor2522]

Morondava http://www.hodson.ca/Madagascar/day_8.htm

There are 24 pages. Just enter : /day_1.htm up to /day_24.htm

The 'Hotel Baobab Café' is just east of 'Hotel Morondava Beach' on the map below, with the clearly-visible riverback terrace. Looks like a nice spot for a drink with your femme-du-jour. A French review stated room prices of 50-60,000 Ariary ($25-30) and costly food but clean and friendly.

[Trevor2522]

Trevor, nice map! Where did you get this? Do you have other locations in MDA whith marked bars / hotels? Morondava is one of my planned visits in Sept and I will use this map. I was also going to spend time in Tana, Tomasina.

To be honest there's not a lot in Morondava but I placemarked all I could find. Here's the Nosy Kely tourist hotel district in detail. There are 5 hotels within 250 meters of the two nightclubs. Only downside is Malagasy nightclubs tend to open late, like 11 pm.

Apparently there are small scenes down the coast at Belo-sur-Mer and Morombe but these are just villages and need 4WD or a boat to reach. With all its travails, I doubt Air Mada flies to Morombe airfield these days. There's a daily flight from Antananarivo (TNR) to Morondava (MOQ) which leaves between 05.30 & 10.30 am ... takes an hour, but once or twice a week it stops at Belo-sur-Tsiribihina (BMD) en route (the terminus of the river trip from Miandrivazo), adding an extra 65 minutes to the trip.

[Trevor2522]

Trevor, nice map! Where did you get this? Do you have other locations in MDA whith marked bars / hotels?

Morondava is one of my planned visits in Sept and I will use this map. I was also going to spend time in Tana, Tomasina.

Airport code is MOQ for Morondava. Pronounced Moo-roon-duv. TMM for Toamasina. Pronounced Tor-mas-seen, or just Tor-mas; Tamatave is the old French name. If you PM me with an email I can send you the originals at higher resolution, OR you can take my placemarks and add them to your own Google Earth to print out. Here's Toamasina. Queen's Club is where the action is.

[Concarne]

Here's an orientation map of Morondava from Google Earth. Sorry I can't increase the resolution as the limit here is 480 x 640. 'Chez Maggie' on Nosy Kely is a Texan-run hotel with pool, restaurant and wifi; rates $40. $70.

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Trevor, nice map! Where did you get this? Do you have other locations in MDA whith marked bars / hotels?

Morondava is one of my planned visits in Sept and I will use this map. I was also going to spend time in Tana, Tomasina.

[Trevor2522]

the one wearing orange top looks kind of ****.

i wouldn't give that baby face more than 15, but that was 6 years ago. she'll have two kids, saggy breasts and a fine set of stretch marks by now!

here's an orientation map of morondava from google earth. sorry i can't increase the resolution as the limit here is 480 x 640. 'chez maggie' on nosy kely is a texan-run hotel with pool, restaurant and wifi; rates $40 - $70.

[Member #4178]

Your definitely have the positive monger spirit.

[Jiggydus]

the one wearing orange top looks kind of ****.

said the same thing. but i understand the women in mada are similar to the women in the republic of georgia in that women in the age range of 18-24 look 5 or 6 years younger than that. i remember seeing the girls working the reception desk at hotel i was staying and thinking they were the young (****) daughters of the owner, only to be told that they were 20 and 22 respectively. i would imagine this young lady is probably 18 years. don't judge a book by its cover without first taking a peek inside. i made that mistake then, and those georgian girls were digging me. oh what could have been.....!

[LittleTruths]

easy place to meet new "friends"

the one wearing orange top looks kind of ****.

[Member #4178]

Easy place to meet new "friends"

[Member #4178]

The Domestic price found over the NET means nothing. The real price is only when you face a Mada office and.

Having international boarding pass. Then you will know the price which is half of the one found over the NET.

Checked again the AirMad online booking and its seems that I paid 30% more, (Nairobi-Tana) , because of the dates that ichoose as opposed to previous month. (lowest fare is 330 Euro)

As part of my trip research I Found interesting trip report to a rural places from a traveller.

http://vaclav-trips.webs.com/madagascar.htm#633976241

[Trevor2522]

tana - sambava (far north-east) $595 return.

tana - morondava $534 return.

holding an international air madagascar ticket entitles you to a 40-50% discount on domestic flights. the lower figure applies if bought in-country. however it doesn't apply to taxes and surcharges, so only works out to 20-25% net. plus their international fares are not the cheapest. if you have the time, and light luggage, then taxi-brousse fares are very cheap, and they may even honour a double-seat purchased for extra space.

there are speedboats for the short hop from morondava to belo-sur-mer, which has no airport. from belo-sur-mer to morombe is a tricky 100 miles over 4wd trails with soft sand in places, and a ferry crossing at bevoay. from morombe it's relatively easy to reach tulear/toliara and thence back to tana. there are also infrequent, and expensive flights from morondava to morombe. it is also possible to charter sailing vessels along the coast but it's slow-going, and one needs to bring along all food, water and bedding.

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/451cb/1f880a/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadid=1629125

[Jazz123]

Here is a few photos that posted 5 years ago.

Have a safe trip, I look forward to your reports and pics.

By the way, if my memory is right it looks like you stayed in Hotel Central in Morondava.