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11-27-22 20:05 #4983
Posts: 695Originally Posted by Golfinho [View Original Post]
I find it amazing that Ben is not welcome, he's usually a good travel pal, but will use the ATM option then.
Thailand is bit boring for me nowadays. Partly same with Phils, where I have lived many years, but now spend only a couple months every year. Time to try something new, let's see how it goes.
PS I've chatted with heaps of Badoo girls, so obviously La Buse's suggestion that they don't have smartphones is a tad outdated. Once I have got my feet on the ground phone will not be a prerequisite for carnal connections.
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11-25-22 21:41 #4982
Posts: 2374Originally Posted by PuteNut [View Original Post]
There are plentiful hotels in your middling price range. Try LE Centell.
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11-25-22 21:06 #4981
Posts: 1490Isle Rouge
Originally Posted by PuteNut [View Original Post]
This is not "Third World". This is Madagascar. Ah yes. And there's no Uber only Pousse pousse. This is an OFFLINE country. Most of my girlfriends are proud owners of a Cell phone. I get an answer IF and WHEN they have credit or their phone is actually working or it's charged. Then you MIGHT get an SMS IF they're not shagging their local BF or another tourists. Maybe after a week or so if they're in dire need of funds. Other than that. Move around and see what opportunities present themselves. Ah. And book for at least a month. Madagascar is not for the passing " third world" traveller. Fly to Thailand.
La Buse.
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11-25-22 20:44 #4980
Posts: 1490Travel Tipps
Originally Posted by PuteNut [View Original Post]
Be. Forget your freshly printed US Dollars. Utterly useless on this island. Bring 100€ cash or use the good ol ATM.
See. Forget the western conception of free lancer. Pro or whatever you call it.
The. What you want a 4* hotel for? You want to waste money? Get a clean vezo hut for 10 $ a month.
E. your French will be almost useless. Most girls speak about 20 words. Fair l amour? Combien? All you need. They know how to count in french. Be aware there's 2 currencies. FMG and MGA.
F. Stay away and book to Thailand. There you'll find your 4* aircon hotels.
G. You're not suited füare Madagascar.
Therefore. Stay Away.
La Buse.
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11-25-22 20:30 #4979
Posts: 695Mada noob
Some background, I'm an experienced travelling third world scavenger and believe I can handle basic security challenges, so no need for "friendly advice to stay away" but thanks anyway. I have some free time before upcoming Asia trips and thought I'd check out Madagascar as airfares to Mada seem reasonable. I'm looking at touching down in either Tana or Nossy Be. My French is probably passable, we will see.
I have been checking out Badoo and constantly get most hits from Tana, in fact Nossy Be girls are rare. I guess many of the Tana girls are freelancers, but I haven't really cracked the code how to tell FLs from more regular girls. Does anyone have experience of pulling girls from Badoo and the pro ratio?
I've seen reports that it may be difficult to exchange even crisp Benjamins (really? Any tips how to get good rates for USD (in Tana / Nossy-Be)?
Many hotels look pretty mediocre, unless you want to go with the international brand names. I prefer 3-4 stars, clean with working AC, refrigerator and not too many dodgy guests (except me) max rate around 50-60 USD / night. Happy to accept lower if comfortable and clean. Checking online I see a myriad of rather dysfunctional hotels. Any suggestions? If you read back on my posts you can see I'm not a lemour tourist who will overpay girls, I will stick to the going rates indicated here.
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11-25-22 08:28 #4978
Posts: 27Originally Posted by SouthEaster [View Original Post]
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11-24-22 14:10 #4977
Posts: 1490Save your money
Originally Posted by TravelingMan3 [View Original Post]
La Buse.
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11-24-22 14:05 #4976
Posts: 45Pass on Ethiopia for the time being
Originally Posted by TravelingMan3 [View Original Post]
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11-24-22 09:22 #4975
Posts: 111Greetings
Hello everyone,
I'm planing a big trip out to Africa for my birthday I'm American but I'll be flying from Germany as I'm going to monger there first. I just have a few questions I stuck between going to Ethiopia or Tana as getting a flight to Nosy be is inconvenient and I'd rather get to only going to over here for a week. Some things I've noticed is the Ethiopia board is quiet and people describe the scene as more massage shop and maybe some streetwalkers that sounds lame just want to be sure that is the case. On the other had from the pages I've read Tana, Antananarivo has street walkers but also a few freelancer bars which is more my style. Some of the names include Mojo Bar Manson and du Glacier are there others.
Also is there a good hotel that has a good gym I'm not a budget travel so any price range is fine thank you all for your help.
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11-21-22 20:23 #4974
Posts: 151Yes Comoros is possible. But be forewarned that alcohol is very expensive there. All are imported and big tax! And not just alcohol many things are so f. Expensive! I was there for around 10 days and I didn't score, not worth in my opinion! But it is an interesting island though!
Originally Posted by Neddy69 [View Original Post]
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11-19-22 02:19 #4973
Posts: 19Originally Posted by Amadeuss [View Original Post]
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11-18-22 14:39 #4972
Posts: 1002Originally Posted by ZachHammond [View Original Post]
You will not find those "local pleasures".
Save your money for your local hookers next door below 30 instead complaining about the cheap ones.
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11-16-22 00:21 #4971
Posts: 19Discerning African adventures
Originally Posted by Neddy69 [View Original Post]
That being said: there'd be no point in getting excited about experiences I could just as well have elsewhere. I've got plenty of "30+ years old hookers" right next door at home, so I've never seen the point in visiting places like Thailand; and if that's all Mada had to offer, I wouldn't be planning my trip the way I am. It is indeed all about those "local pleasures" that one cannot find elsewhere.
Originally Posted by Neddy69 [View Original Post]
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11-15-22 23:55 #4970
Posts: 19Compare-and-contrast
Originally Posted by SouthEaster [View Original Post]
The one interesting exception seems to be Mayotte. It has extreme levels of poverty (no local industry, and it's a dependency clinging to France that France itself doesn't want, and so does nothing to aid); and so the girls there may actually be cheaper and more eager than anywhere in Mada. It also helps that, AFAICT, there's basically no reason for rich tourists to ever visit the country (no resort hotels, no real hospitality industry; I think the only reason foreigners ever visit at all is to see some special species of lemur? And so the "foreigner tax" will likely be minimal.
In other words, Mayotte seems to have the relative cost-of-living and quality-of-life of a "conflict region" like South Sudan or the DRC or (most of) Angola. But without "wandering the slums" implying you might get shot at. (At least, you're no more likely to get shot than you would wandering a slum in the US, haha.).
I would think that, if one is interested specifically in making poor civilian girls "too much money to say no to" offers, without breaking the bank for themselves, Mayotte might be interesting, even moreso than Mada.
(Also, for someone already in Mada, the round-trip flight to Mayotte is apparently only $300-$500 -- not too bad.).
If anyone knows better and can tell me that that's all hogwash, though, I'd like to hear it before I potentially waste a week of my trip checking it out.
But I do almost find it reassuring that even the Mada locals don't know much about Mayotte; it means that it might be not-talked-about because it's an obscure subject, rather than being not-talked-about because it's worthless to consider.
Originally Posted by SouthEaster [View Original Post]
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11-15-22 20:24 #4969
Posts: 172LE Dromadaire
Hi, my experience in Tulear is limited but I liked LE Dromadaire. A lot of French expats and a few WGs not bad looking. Also, the food is half decent. Opposite there is I a disco but I never went. You might also want to check out the local university. Lots of pretty girls. Buy you need good French to communicate and it is far away.
Good luck.