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05-08-19 05:02 #3218
Posts: 535I agree with Neddy. Take the 4 x 4. That is a very good price. Just eat the night at Ambanja, get up early and head for NB. You also have the advantage of avoiding the hassle and hussle of touts and just plain liars trying to get you on the "last" boat of the afternoon if you arrive after 3 PM, which is likely. Complete clusterfuck at the boat launch area late afternoon. Also the wind kicks up in the afternoon and if you are on a smaller boat there is a good chance you will get soaked.
BTW, how is Diego working out for you? I plan to be there in a couple of months.
SE.
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05-07-19 13:04 #3217
Posts: 1490Originally Posted by Pokeris [View Original Post]
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05-07-19 10:47 #3216
Posts: 646Originally Posted by Neddy69 [View Original Post]
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05-05-19 07:50 #3215
Posts: 1490Diego-Ambanja
Originally Posted by SouthEaster [View Original Post]
Good Luck.
Neddy.
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05-04-19 05:45 #3214
Posts: 535Bad trip.
Neddy has the right of it. I have only done the Diego Ambanja trip once and that was in a shared 4 x 4. It cost me 40 dollars but was worth every penny compared to what you just went through. I highly recommend you pop into all of the travel places in town and give them a time frame for when you want to leave. Be flexible, there are not that many opportunities. BTW as I recall the TB from Diego to Ambanja runs over night, just to add to the misery. Good luck.
Johnny.
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05-03-19 09:41 #3213
Posts: 646Originally Posted by Neddy69 [View Original Post]
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05-03-19 08:18 #3212
Posts: 14904×4
Originally Posted by Pokeris [View Original Post]
Neddy.
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05-03-19 05:16 #3211
Posts: 646Originally Posted by NmExpert [View Original Post]
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05-03-19 04:20 #3210
Posts: 646Ambanja
Stayed at hotel LE meridian they have rooms for 30,40,50 k ariary. I take for 50 k with aircon, fan its a budget hotel without hot water but its very near la concorde and nirvana to main clubs at ambanja. The guy at hotel is nice person and speak english. Hotel is girlfriendly and no problem bring 2 girls. Town have just couple vahazas standart places to eat one is at hotel patricia open from 12 pm and other at hotel palma nova open from 6 evening. I come to ambanja already with 4 girls contacts on facebook but meet just one. Others find excuses not to meet me or was busy. The girl was 18 years old was fine at bed I give her 30 k for short time. The city is boring at daytime nothing to do. They have just pus pus here yellow tuk tuks operate outside town. I make a lot of walking here and didint see any foreigners.
Nightlife at ambanja which I visited.
Club concorde on weekdays open as a bar and on weekends is a club was not busy small thb beer is 2500 ariary.
Bar select nothing special place.
La romance karaoke bar.
Nirvana club on weekdays open as a bar and on weekends is a club was quiet place maybe 7-8 people inside small thb beer is 3000 ariary. I find here 2 girls friends one is 19 other is 20 years old invite them for threesome at my hotel they was good at bed and funnny girls allowed many pic. After 1 hour I kicked them out with 30 k ariary each.
My suggestion if someone want visit ambanja better to come on weekend when clubs is open and not stay more than 1 day because you get bored.
I woke up 5 am was lazy to wait till 8 pm for kofmad transport so take unnamed taxi brousse to diego.
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05-01-19 16:56 #3209
Posts: 646Originally Posted by SouthEaster [View Original Post]
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05-01-19 10:19 #3208
Posts: 535Good info.
Thanks for the transport update. I intend to do almost the same thing end of June but I was intending to take the entire trip to Diego. Now that I know it is 28 hours I'm not so sure! Even the most comfortable trip is not any fun after 28 hours. Fortunately by then I should be able to book online. You are going to break your trip in Ambanja? Do you know if it is easy to get on another Cotisse bus the next day? Since they are now doing this route I suspect word has gotten out about how much better they are than most companies and everybody will want to use them.
Can't help but wonder if they are going to expand to Tulear one day.
I enjoy your reports so keep it up. I am interested to see what you think of Diego. The last few posters to wander through didn't seem to think much of it but I have always liked it.
Enjoy.
SE.
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05-01-19 07:40 #3207
Posts: 646Cotisse trip tana-ambanja
So will give some update about my trip with cottisse tana-ambanja for 80 k ariary they also use same van tana-diego (90 k ariary) just on the way droping people at ambanja and carry on to diego. Van is leaving 12 pm daytime from tana and come ambanja 8. 30 am morning (20.5 hour trip) and 4 pm diego (28 hours trip). They have 2 diffrent drivers so they change. Everybody have their own seats, have tv inside which plays malagasy video clips but not have wifi internet at van also all the way telma signal is very weak so internet connection is weak or don't have at all just bigger cities catching strong signal. Van have speed limit 80 km per hour so if driver goes higher its starts beeping all the time. First short stop for toilet was after 4 hours drive and second stop 30 minutes for food was just after 8 hours drive so is better to take some snacks with you. Third stop was after 15.5 hours drive for toilet again. The last stop was just ambanja van drop people and carry for diego.
I meet one guy at cottise van inside he travelling to diego and told me he works at cottisse and he speaks some english. He told me after 3 weeks its will be posible to book this route online and after 3 month they plan to start new route diego-nosy be. We will see it truth or not.
The trip was not so bad I though it will be worst. Probably kill the dog on the road when he run straight into the van. The driver even not stop to check any damage happens for van. Also the road half way to ambanja from tana becomes really bad many holes in tarmac.
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05-01-19 06:07 #3206
Posts: 237Originally Posted by Pokeris [View Original Post]
You have been all over, Brazil Cuba, Kampala etc and you back to Mada only 2 month after your previous trip. I wish my last trip was so successful as you. This time I am in Kampala my report will come shortly. What is your intended route this time.
In Diego go to hotel Ambassador https://goo.gl/maps/5mNh4zicC1FKz6Yp6 at 50 k back huge room with A/C and WiFi. Directly on action.
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04-30-19 18:26 #3205
Posts: 6462 days at tana
Arrived Sunday evening at the airport 2 diffrent international flights land same time so was busy takes 1 hour till get 2 month visa for 40 euros. Check in at sole hotel and take a taxi to cottisse transport want buy tana-ambanja ticket for next day but its was fully booked so buy for Tuesday morning also was just 2 seats left. They not show this route for online bookings yet so can't book online in advance. Take taxi back to glacier it was poor collection around 7 pm evening saw one girl I like offer her 40 k short time and walk back hotel with her. She was great allowed many pic, ass licking, ass fucking, cum into mouth anything I like. She stayed 3 hours and make me cum 3 times so at the end I give her 60 k. We walk back glacier with her I didint see any new girl I like so I decided invite same girl go with me look some clubs and have some beer. We go la suite 101 it was closed on Sunday after taxi be it has a lot of people most of malagasys and couple vahazas. Have few beers and take taxi to Indra club. To get inside you need first pay for drink after they give you piece of paper an when you inside you give this paper for bartender and he give you a drink. This place was full on Sunday but very local have no vahazas, many drunk malagasy guys and not good looking girls. Poor selection you can find better girls at manson, glacier or taxi be. Have one beer and walk back to my hotel because its just 300 metres away. Keep the same girl for night. She make me cum 2 times more and stay till 3 pm afternoon. Probably one of the best fuck I have at mada. I give her 40 k more and send home.
Later evening around 10 pm I check glacier it was like 3-4 vahazas inside and 20-25 girls inside some live band playing I didint see any girls I like have few beers and want almost go check manson club but suddenly good looking girl come to me from nowhere and say bonjour. At first I didint recognise her she has diffrent hair style, but later I remember it was same girl I fucked 2 month ago on my last day at mada. I liked her so offered her 60 k for all night she quickly agree and we walk back hotel. She was fun to be and good at bed I send her home 10 am in a morning with 60 k. Have breakfast at hotel check out and take taxi to cottisse transort for my trip to ambanja...
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04-29-19 20:41 #3204
Posts: 96Tsaradia
Originally Posted by Neddy69 [View Original Post]
And unfortunately, I did not share the same experience as Neddy with reliability, and had a flight canceled out of Tana after waiting hours in the airport. Hopefully that was an anomaly and reliability will get better.
One other observation, on the scary side. On one of my flights we had a VERY rough landing. As we came in suddenly the pilot dropped the plane down hard on the runway, bouncing so much it hurt to strain against the seatbelt (I would have been out of my seat if I was not wearing it.), and then the pilot hit the brakes HARD to slow the plane rapidly. It seemed like he nearly overshot the runway from what I can tell. That makes me really worry when Neddy reports they hired more pilots. In addition, I have noticed a general deterioration in a lot of things that I did not think could get much worse, reliability and competence in general, from restaurants to hotels, etc. The exchange rate is getting better for us, but that mean things are more expensive for the Malagasy and their economy is worsening, and the country is deteriorating. The new president will not help, only worsen it as he continues to pillage the country for his and his cronies wealth.
VL.