Madagascar

[MtVadose]

Left Tana for now, I didn't pay it but there is a 20 k charge per night for double occupancy at select hotel.

I think Manson is the best spot though I find some can be rude in there when you turn them down or decline to buy them a drink.

BNI bank and sociate general both take mastercard no fees.

Took 72,000 return cotisse bus to tamatave from tana, I booked a few days in advance took 9 hours.

Stayed at flamboyant hotel 60 k for room with A/Cand balcony, room has seen better days but everything works.

La terrace. Good food, maybe 10 or so girls in the back on a weekday evening. Weekend evening 20 or so in there. They start moving elsewhere close to 11 pm.

Taxi be. Walked down here and it was closed. A girl later told me the police have closed it down.

Queens. This is a walk down the road from la terrace in the other direction to taxi be. On a weekday this was quite empty had about 10-15 girls and a few guys by 11 pm, though no other clubs open apparently. Weekend bit busier but still quite empty, some girls seemed to come for one drink after terrace and move on.

New York New York. Saw only a few of the worse girls from Queens in here and then just locals and tourists. 10 k entry.

Pandora. Big place loads of girls, lots from terrace and queens moved on to here. Beers only 4 k too. It's a bit further out than the other places, police checkpoint on the way.

There are a few street walkers on the road between la Terrace and queens.

Paid 50 k for the night here.

Paid 1 k for tuk tuks during the day 2 k per person at night or 5 k taxi at night.

Prefer it here to Tana, less choice and tana is busy even on weekdays but the whole place is more relaxed, girls seem more chill and they have more African features which I prefer.

[Neddy69]

Noted to not pay the bribe next time. But I'd rather just avoid it and stay away from taxi be, you see the same girls either earlier or on other days at glacier and Manson so no need to go.

Don't feel bad about paying bribes. In fact I paid a couple of times in Senegal. What I refuse to pay silly money. I tip like 1 to 2 euros. I consider it a tip for the poor bugger of police man who sometimes doesn't get paid for months on end and has a family to feed. On top of his meagre salary he has the real chance of getting killed in the line of duty by armed cattle rustlers or bandits. You did well by standing your ground and refuse to pay silly money though. For me I make it a game to sneak past police checkpoints. They are usually at the same spot mostly choke points. I could write a book about bribes.

Neddy.

[Neddy69]

Hello guys,

Did anybody of you used this eVisa already?

https://www.madagascarevisa.com/information/

Forget it. Just get a VOA. Just another useless website. That's a commercial website. They just take your money. And anyway. All you get is a so called Landing Authorization which is free anyway.
Below is the official website.

https://www.evisamada.gov.mg/fr/foire-aux-questions/

Sir Neddy

On the ground in 3 days.

[German Viking]

Hello guys,

Did anybody of you used this eVisa already?

https://www.madagascarevisa.com/information/

[MtVadose]

Noted to not pay the bribe next time. But I'd rather just avoid it and stay away from taxi be, you see the same girls either earlier or on other days at glacier and Manson so no need to go.

[Neddy69]

Absolutely. There are NO police checkpoint in Tana anymore, neither by day or night. It's a big relief for expats.

If you saty some time in Tana, I prsonnaly don't like Ville Haute as it's noisy by night, dirty, expensive and heavily polluted.

Best neighborhood is Ivandry, far away.

Near LE Glacier, try Faravohitra or Ambandy.

It seems the police checkpoints are back in business. That's why I never bother with Taxi Be. I went in there twice. But I managed to sneak past la Police. And if the weather is bad and later on they're gone. I usually call it an early night. There is sweet girls everywhere. No need to hang out until 2 o'clock in the morning. And right besides Manson there is accommodation. Upstairs at no comment bar. I have been checked by La Police a couple of times but never paid anything.

But I'll land on isle rouge in 5 days.

Sir Neddy.

[Muzungufotsy]

Police. Heading to taxi be, on the way I get stopped at police checkpoint (Looking at the map I think it was on Arabe Andrinampoinimerina) I have copy of my passport but they want original. I play dumb for ages but three of them ask me to get out the car and say 20 each or go to station. I bring it down to 10 each.

Couple days later going taxi be again, there is no checkpoint but just before turning onto the same road a police motorbike makes us pull over, I think he was sat waiting for people. I have my passport this time but he wants vaccine certificate so basically they will make up anything for the bribe. I prepared by hiding all my money and only leave 10 in the wallet, he wants 100 k and show him the ten but he says we go bank and get 100 k, I don't carry cards. So he says I will have Euros at my hotel and he will keep my passport while we go to my hotel and get 50 euro and shows me a 50 euro note he said was from someone else. I tell him to just take the 10 I have on me, he takes that and goes.

Getting taxis between bars at night I see the odd street walker about or sometimes in a group, not my thing though.

I've been controlled 100 times in Mada and never paid once. Don't encourage corruption. If you have certified copy no need to pay. You paid each of them because they ask? Are you serious? So if they are 10 you pay 10 times? Pure BS. Be smarter than these thieves and show them no fear. If you had passport the 2nd time why are you still negotiating? Tell him to f. K off and threaten him to report him to Bianco. There is no need for vaccination proof in Mada. Everybody knows that.

Even now report all of them to Bianco.

[MtVadose]

Mojo bar. Just a few local guys with girls.

La suite 101 - Closed one night, and the next night empty with a few locals.

LE red. Not many people, just a few girls and french guys but nothing interests me.

Glacier. Seems people go here earlier 7-9 pm then better girls move on or have been taken. And you see them later at Manson or taxi be.

Manson. Always really busy by 11 pm.

Taxi be. Also busy by 11 pm.

Is there any other bars / clubs worth trying?

Police. Heading to taxi be, on the way I get stopped at police checkpoint (Looking at the map I think it was on Arabe Andrinampoinimerina) I have copy of my passport but they want original. I play dumb for ages but three of them ask me to get out the car and say 20 each or go to station. I bring it down to 10 each.

Couple days later going taxi be again, there is no checkpoint but just before turning onto the same road a police motorbike makes us pull over, I think he was sat waiting for people. I have my passport this time but he wants vaccine certificate so basically they will make up anything for the bribe. I prepared by hiding all my money and only leave 10 in the wallet, he wants 100 k and show him the ten but he says we go bank and get 100 k, I don't carry cards. So he says I will have Euros at my hotel and he will keep my passport while we go to my hotel and get 50 euro and shows me a 50 euro note he said was from someone else. I tell him to just take the 10 I have on me, he takes that and goes.

So I'm not going taxi be again, seems they are trying to catch people going that way.

I have been paying 50 k for the night for girls from bars and brought one girl round during the day from Badoo for 30 k.

LE relais normand basic rooms are now 75 k so I've moved to select hotel, much better location next to galcier and much better rooms with balcony at 82 k. The doors open by card I prefer a key so I can lock it from the inside. Both hotels always want to keep the girls ID.

Getting taxis between bars at night I see the odd street walker about or sometimes in a group, not my thing though.

[Amadeuss]

Badoo is for free but you can not contact everybody, I don't know why? There is also tagged. https://www.tonga-soa.com/ or https://www.afribaba.mg/ don't know if it's free or not, enough online resources, you should better go out! Where?, have a look at this.

https://maps.me/catalog/recreation/a...-madagasikara/

It's also available as an app.

The app maps. Me seems good. Thanks for the link.

On Badoo you must change your adress to Madagascar and disallow GPS acess to Badoo.

A good free website for long term contacts is celibatairesduweb.com.

But the best is still hunting on the ground. With some words in Malgache and a smile on your face.

[MtVadose]

Arrived tana airport, 37 dollar 30 day visa, passed baggage and security is an ATM that works with mastercard and no fees. Paid 50 k for 30 day sim plan and 500 for the sim from Telma shop at the airport. 60 k taxi to hotel LE relais norm and, haven't paid yet but think its 62,500 for the basic room, room has seen better days but does the job, everything works.

5 k taxi to LE glacier 9.30 pm, a few alright girls but first night I need to go to a few spots to see a wide sample so I know the range of quality if that makes sense. So head manson after 11 pm, 7 k taxi I like it in here nice bar, more girls and better quality, you can't walk around without getting approached constantly, take some numbers before moving onto taxi be, 10 k taxi, spot the girl I liked in glacier earlier, a small girl with one of the more prominent asses I saw that night, so chat to her, agree 50 k in the morning, 10 k taxi back. She was all good did everything I wanted, had no change so gave her 60 k in the morning.

Good first night, I did make notes that taxis were 5 k but these guys wouldn't budge from 10. Still very cheap taxis but just checking?

Also now I'm out here badoo seems to work fine, plenty of matches to go through.

[Albert9989]

Badoo is for free but you can not contact everybody, I don't know why? There is also tagged. https://www.tonga-soa.com/ or https://www.afribaba.mg/ don't know if it's free or not, enough online resources, you should better go out! Where?, have a look at this.

https://maps.me/catalog/recreation/a...-madagasikara/

It's also available as an app.

An option which still exist and work is fdating: https://fr.fdating.com/.

Need to be patient, but I had some nice contacts through this site.

[Steve Ohh]

Badoo is for free but you can not contact everybody, I don't know why? There is also tagged. https://www.tonga-soa.com/ or https://www.afribaba.mg/ don't know if it's free or not, enough online resources, you should better go out! Where?, have a look at this.

https://maps.me/catalog/recreation/a...-madagasikara/

It's also available as an app.

[Gilolo]

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[SouthEaster]

Unless you are blind or have never mongered before there is plenty on the ground. This is one of the best things about the country in my opinion. A country where you can actually meet chicks and interact with them before you decide. None of this social media / date in xxxxx hit or miss bullshit. Best of all you don't need to buy drinks and if you do it costs the same as yours. Have fun and write a report after.

SE.

[MtVadose]

I'm in Madagascar next week, downloaded badoo to hit the ground running and I can only message one girl I like the others I need to upgrade to message.

Signed up to afrointroductions and didn't realize that was a paid site too.

Are any worth paying for, or enough options on the ground that not needed.