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06-19-16 16:36 #1858
Posts: 543Originally Posted by DonOmar [View Original Post]
Just stay in a hotel with decent security and you will have no problem.
In a ST hotel you stay for ST not for LT that s why Coverone got into trouble I guess.
I actually feel safer in Tana than in some parts of the country but that s just me.
As for the explanation about longer stays as you know in Mada everything is possible.
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06-19-16 12:43 #1857
Posts: 56Tamatave vs Nosey Be
But TigerdeJade recommends highly Tamatave. Can anyone else offer their opinion on the safety of Tamatave? Also, I have read that sex tourism is not tolerated in Nosey Be BECAUSE it is a tourist destination and that the definition there of sex tourism is very wide, vague, and subjective. Can anyone confirms these points?
Originally Posted by CoverOne [View Original Post]
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06-19-16 03:42 #1856
Posts: 822Originally Posted by CoverOne [View Original Post]
http://siegelsuniforms.com/monadnock...pandable-baton
And vibration sensor alarm to put on door at night.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-Way-Bike...-/281242812816
Hope to submit "on the ground report" very soon. Neet to understand how thous expats stays in Mada more the 3 months as the visa is limited.
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06-18-16 12:55 #1855
Posts: 7Thanks everyone
Originally Posted by DonOmar [View Original Post]
Well, I must say, fine females have been much further than second priority in my mind as of late, although I am heading to Morondava soon, or so it seems, which I'm excited about as it's an area I've no experience with thus far.
Forgot to mention, I met a French expat in Ambanja a few weeks ago, before I was robbed. He had half a hand, and told me that in the almost 2 decades he's been living here he's seen it become more and more dangerous. The young people today are getting more and more crazy. I gave him my fake pepper spray (which at the time I didn't know was fake) because I had an extra. I've been desperately trying to call him ever since but his number's not working.
To anyone thinking of coming here I have some advice. Spend as little time in Tana as possible, it makes India and China seem like the Swiss Alps by comparison. The grade of gasoline they use here is absolutely horrible and I've been coughing terribly since here in Tana getting my new passport. Nosy Be is the safest place with the easiest and finest females on offer, the most beautiful accommodations and amenities. Mahajanga is a nice second, though dry, hot, and not nearly as nice a beach. It's safe from everyone I've talked to. From all of the people and Malagasy I've talked to Tana, Diego, Tamatave, and Tulear are very dangerous, especially for foreigners. In my personal opinion if you stay in an more expensive hotel you with good security you shouldn't have a problem, though I keep hearing bad things about Diego (lots of young kids pretending to be Jamaicans with guns).
I can highly suggest Nosy Be. There you have fine females who have made it their mission in life to please foreigners. It is more expensive for your typical P4P but you certainly get your money's worth in safety and ease. Since tourism is the thing the economy there revolves around police make it a point to protect foreigners. I thought the women in Tamatave were very attractive but from everyone has their own taste and from what I've heard from everyone I've spoken with it's very dangerous, especially at night. I myself was threatened and basically robbed by a cyclo pousse close to nighttime.
I can't thank you guys enough for all your support and kind advice. Keep posting and most importantly, stay safe!
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06-11-16 18:35 #1854
Posts: 822Pattaya and Mada
I am planning for next month to fly to Mada via Pattaya. That seems odd but from Europe I have 450 usd to BKK one way.
The I will book a return ticket from BKK to Tana via Nairobi (Kenya airways) for 920 usd.
So why not directly to Mada? Because from my country no Kenya-airways or air Mad and I want to travel in Asia after Mada. (at Dry season).
I will also get a stop over in Nairobi so I can visit Mombasa again.
I got some friends from Tana using facebook. How? Well I registered to Afro and copy the name of girls into facebook search and bingo.
I am thinking about Tana and ĪLE Sainte-Marie via Taxi Bruss. (no more domestic flight).
I download the new 2016 lonely planet book for Mada from here:
https://kat.cr/lonely-planet-madagas...t12675510.html
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06-11-16 15:41 #1853
Posts: 998Originally Posted by Golfinho [View Original Post]
If you not a men, stay back home behind mama's kitchensink. Its not Pattaya. Its not Angeles.
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06-11-16 11:30 #1852
Posts: 53Originally Posted by Golfinho [View Original Post]
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06-11-16 01:57 #1851
Posts: 2374Originally Posted by OneRose [View Original Post]
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06-08-16 05:46 #1850
Posts: 53July trip
Hi!
I'm still looking for a wingman for the first part of July. I am opened to travel somewhere else on the island if it's worth it.
PM me,
Onerose
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06-05-16 14:49 #1849
Posts: 12Security
Originally Posted by CoverOne [View Original Post]
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06-03-16 16:29 #1848
Posts: 2374Originally Posted by Tungsten2 [View Original Post]
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06-03-16 10:39 #1847
Posts: 84Morombe
JP -.
I spent one night in Morombe only. Took a pirogue from Mangily as the winds were good; took two days but can take twice as long. We stopped at Andovadoaka to eat which I remember as just a beach and a lot of huts. It was daytime so hard to tell but you'd definitely need to keep busy during the day.
Morombe is two sandy roads. There are a few colonial buildings including La Croix De Sud where I stayed, but can't imagine it was ever a popular posting for ambitious French civil servants. I arranged to take the crew out for drinks so they could show me round but as they were leaving at first light next day they turned up at 6. 30 which was way earlier than I wanted. The only bar that looks like it wouldn't fall down if you leant against it is Eclipse. Has cold beer too. At 7. 30 pm on a Tuesday the streets were rammed with kids just milling around, too poor or too young to drink. The guys called a woman over for me but she told them she was scared of vazaha because we are pale as ghosts! I had mild sunstroke from the trip and walked out at 9. 30 just as a vazaha was walking in. No idea if I missed a great evening, but word would get around very quickly if you stayed a while. I got the TB back to Tulear next day (20 hours) partly because I was running out of time but also because out in la brousse their French isn't that good and my accent completely flummoxed them. There is an ATM there.
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06-03-16 10:23 #1846
Posts: 84Tulear
DO, Last report was meant for you. As a Mtwapa veteran you're more likely to be underwhelmed than spooked in Tulear.
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06-03-16 10:15 #1845
Posts: 84Tulear
JP.
I've only ever spent a couple of days at a time in Tulear en route to Anakao, Mangily & Morombe and I'm still not sure if I like it. There's a fair bit of hassle from posse posse guys and kids begging but for such an obviously poor place there are some surprisingly good restaurants.
In 2013 I stayed at Plazza Sur and pulled FLs and waitresses from Bo Beach next door but P.S. Is now a boarding house for the Chinese only (although I didn't see any in town) and BB is now La Blu and has pushed out the FLs and the daytime drinkers. La Boeuf is the vazaha watering hole and there are various local semi-outdoor bars along that street. Za Za was still supposedly closed for refurbishment in April but Tam Tam wasn't so busy. I remember watching some old French guys flirting with girls at Boeuf and slapping their arses plus another guy walking into the night with his arm around 3 girls' shoulders and thinking they all seemed pretty happy there. Maybe I should spend a week there.
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06-03-16 03:48 #1844
Posts: 59Originally Posted by Neddy69 [View Original Post]
I personally met people get robbed and beaten in nighttime while taking pouzze pouzze. This in 3 cases, both with tourists and residents.