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NamasteParis
12-07-24, 21:26
Anyway, prices are just the same as last jear to me 20/50. Tana, Tamatave, Antsirabe- Working Girls.
After free diner, free Sex but present apriciated, GFE.
She rememered me from last year. Needed a shave again-20 K.I can only congratulate your attitude.
I am constantly working to leave a minimal footprint with my actions, following the rules of the country at the time I am there.
Keep going on and 'profite bien!
A teacher of primari scool Sex was alike. I dined and entertainted her, shaved her pussy too and in the Morning I gave 20 K plus 2 K for the pousse.
I can only congratulate your attitude.
I am constantly working to leave a minimal footprint with my actions, following the rules of the country at the time I am there.
Keep going on and 'profite bien!Commendable! Exactly. Have a light monger Footprint. Neither over nor underpay. Leave no trace when you depart. Don't waste or spoil the most precious resource for men on earth. Pussy.
La Buse.
Who tries to do as little as possible environmental damage. Especially in La Brousse. Hahaha.
Ho is using it? Me said the waiter.
500 A in the local Pharmazie shop!
Ho is using it? Me said the waiter.
500 A in the local Pharmazie shop!It's good (antibiotica) for bacteria which make pussies stink (Helicobacter, Gardnerella, Campylobacter and Protozoen as Trichomonas, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia).
KrumeLurer
12-11-24, 07:25
This is the biggest issue mongers face. Demand drives the price. There are idiots who pay any amount to get laid. This woke bullsh*t has to be stopped. I am pretty sure Nosy Be will go down as bad as Pattaya. Minimal improvements to infrastructure and ridiculous prices. Several YouTubers effing it up badly. Why can't just people stick to 40 k to 60 k prices? I remember girls asking me 200 euros on Tinder. This was 2019-2020. Never pay upfront. Never pay excessive amount. No pussy is golden. No one is there to love you. Get the message out there for old idiots.Yes, the only problem is that sometimes there is not really the demand to increase prices. Its more that part of the buyers pay that and send out those kinds of signals. Other sellers then try to get that price as well. But I guess that if you negotiate then 100 k should not be a problem in Nosy be. The thing is that many guys don't do that. They feel bad about negotiating a price that is more similiar to what local men pay. Even if prices has risen in Pattaya its not really working out that well for them. The problem is that when the damage is done it can take years to repair. When you loose your customers they don't come back so easy.
LoveItHere69
12-12-24, 07:18
This is the biggest issue mongers face. Demand drives the price. Nope. The number of guys (demand) can drop and the prices still can go up. Girls never shut up. They talk talk talk and then talk some more. Just a hand full of idiots who grossly overpay become the new normal. Some ugly be gets a payday from some two week stupid millionaire and the other girls are thinking if that fat cow can get that price I can too. The biggest issue is the internet. All the videos talking about cheap pussy. Then these woke soy boys want to save a ho and give them tons of money.
Yes, the only problem is that sometimes there is not really the demand to increase prices. Its more that part of the buyers pay that and send out those kinds of signals. Other sellers then try to get that price as well. But I guess that if you negotiate then 100 k should not be a problem in Nosy be. The thing is that many guys don't do that. They feel bad about negotiating a price that is more similiar to what local men pay. Even if prices has risen in Pattaya its not really working out that well for them. The problem is that when the damage is done it can take years to repair. When you loose your customers they don't come back so easy.As marketing rules do say: Price should be set by supply and demand for a given service and reflect the value of a service. If you walk nowadays at 22:00 along Rue Independence in Tana downtown, there hundreds of girls in all shapes will offer their services. You will not know the value of their services beforehand. But you can observe a limited demand. As vaza you may even be the only one searching. That gives you room to set your price and stick to it.
On this particular place I did observe guys cruising in their cars and offering girls 40 k. I did learn later from a girl that one of them gets just a BJ in the car whereas the other guy drives around. As a vaza walking and asking the streetwalkers to come to your hotel, the rate asked will be 100 k. A friend of mine did not negotiate and just took the girl back to the hotel.
I myself was offering 40 k as I overheard by the locals, and the young spinner girl was initially hesitant but finally agreed to come along. In the room it was clarified that it is the price for a ST. Once she dropped her dress and an awesome body was underneath, I offered 60 k for an all night stay and she happy obliged. The service during the night was over initial expectation and with another 10 k tip she happily left after breakfast next morning.
My friend, who had accepted 100 k initially was disappointed to see what was under her dress when undressing and let her go after one shot of mediocre fucking.
As a buyer you shall be firm in paying what you feel deserves the price your girl is asking for services rendered after you got the services. A quick agreement before any action to pay 100 or even 200 k will not allow you to add on. This bad habit takes place more and more in Tana and NosyBe. Stick as starting fee to 40 k. Many will accept.
NamasteParis
12-12-24, 15:30
But I guess that if you negotiate then 100 k should not be a problem in Nosy be.You mean to say 40 K, which is a 4 days work salary for a waitress?
NamasteParis
12-12-24, 15:38
It's good (antibiotica) for bacteria which make pussies stink (Helicobacter, Gardnerella, Campylobacter and Protozoen as Trichomonas, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia).Metronidazole is widely used by Mada people as the 'cure everything' medecine. I remember when my girl had diarrhea, her mom told her to take that. Another girl took it for headaches. It's even more common that Panadol.
John, I didn't know about the stincky pussy cure. Really? Just to know, are you a doctor? If that's for real, I'll always carry few boxes when I travel 😁.
KrumeLurer
12-13-24, 23:46
You mean to say 40 K, which is a 4 days work salary for a waitress?Hmm, I understand. I just checked this out:
https://madagascarinvest.com/average-salary-in-madagascar/
A waitress works 6 days 11 hours. She gets around 60 Euros a month. The Beer is 1.5 Euros and nice meal is 6 Euros.
For a good hot afternoon session I just paid 6 Euros- 30 k too! Now what is rather cheap or expensive?
Walk straight out of LE glacier ouver the street and pass Gastropizza, 200 meters up the Road to the left side corner. 7 K will fill your belly.
SouthEaster
12-18-24, 11:58
I know a certain pirate who lives very near there. I suspect he maybe a customer. Hard to beat 7 K. Shit most places are charging that for a beer now, or more. Good info for those on a budget who isn't!
I saw a video on youtube that showed some flames coming from the roof. In the US, it would be no big deal. But I imagine you can't just call the fire department in Ambataloaka. Does anybody know if they got the fire out without too much damage being done? Looking forward to going there in on my return trip in April / May.
NamasteParis
12-19-24, 21:28
A waitress works 6 days 11 hours. She gets around 60 Euros a month. The Beer is 1.5 Euros and nice meal is 6 Euros.
For a good hot afternoon session I just paid 6 Euros- 30 k too! Now what is rather cheap or expensive?Based on the 250 k-300 k monthly salary for a waitress, I would say that prices are undoubtly overpriced where you and me drink our beers, eat, and sleep.
No way a malagasy girl will eat alone a 60 K ariary skewers at Zeburger Nosy Be, or at Buffet du Jardin in Tana.
No way she will sleep alone at hotel Pousse Pousse for 150 k / night.
That's what most holidays guys don't understand (and will probably never), by saying "cmon guys, don't fuck for the price of a skewer, give them more'. They don't get that they landed on another planet, and that the place where they ate it is totally overpriced by local standards. The only times the girls eat there is with them. There is a dark place just besides the little shop and Taxi Be at Nosy Be where you can see the girls sitting and eating fish on a stool. Nobody notice this place. It costs them 3 k to eat.
Where they live (a room with no water and no toilets) is around 50 k / month. Whether you give them money or not. Nothing will change, whether you are in Mada or France or US. Unless you marry them and bring them home, but that's another story.
NamasteParis
12-19-24, 21:30
Walk straight out of LE glacier ouver the street and pass Gastropizza, 200 meters up the Road to the left side corner. 7 K will fill your belly.Thanks for the hint, I'll try next time.
SouthEaster
12-20-24, 10:53
Could be a movie called The Scourge of the 2 Week Millionaire. Coming soon to a planet near you. And you are right. They don't know and they don't care. Hey, it's cheaper than Europe, so let's go crazy.
NamasteParis
12-20-24, 17:48
And you are right. They don't know and they don't care. Hey, it's cheaper than Europe, so let's go crazy.I surely could. But I refrain myself to do so, for 2 reasons: I'm more than happy with what I get for 50 k / night, and I try to leave a minimal fingerprint when I travel, by adapting to local standards.
The only times I went crazy was with a singer / model (real one.) who undoubtly deserved diners at La Varangue, and holidays at Kite Paradise (Sakalava) and Mazava Loha (Emerald sea).
I plan to go to Tana, Nosy Be and Ste Marie in April / May.
It is due to internal affairs, not much to do with the vahazas anyway. The upper class has got it, rich in cash and they look therefor down on many vahazas too.
Treat the poor people fair and they will appreciate, hence many poor can not handle money either.
It is not that easy black and white game, it is why moste expats do not give anything to the poor people. With good reasons!
SouthEaster
12-21-24, 11:43
It will be interesting to see what you think of it. I went a few years ago and it's a nice place but boring as hell.
Zisvao! No news!
As a Vazaha there is no news for you to be told if you are asking for. If you ask and give the answer no news your self, they will have a good laugh at you.
However, many quote to keep a low profile. As a Vazaha impossible! You always likely will be the center of gossip you are not told!
Gossip is the heart of these people!
I remember someone was posting about medical coverage in this country and the price to get flown to Europe for treatment. Why not just get travelers insurance? I'm pretty sure most EU nations offer it. And American Express has a reasonable price travelers insurance package, I never leave home without getting travelers insurance forgive me for posting this so late.
In the following I will tell you a real story that happend to me in my past journey. It is a long story and I will post it in sections, so you can make up your ideas how you would have decided if it would have been you. It it is a simulation if you want, some of you may post their decisions. It could happen to each of you!
I have been to this place for about seven days and did have some fun in many ways. After my morning walk I was sitting in the park near the hotel and just spotted a maybe target.
Eye contact!
But all of a sudden I noticed this local monssieur in nice dress, mid age that did not fit in the picture. He was on the mobile and he clearly focused on me.
I aborted instantly my mission, first decision made!
What is going on?
NamasteParis
12-22-24, 13:01
It will be interesting to see what you think of it. I went a few years ago and it's a nice place but boring as hell.A friend of mine went there 2 weeks in November. Great place if you come with your betsy, because nothing to be found there, as he told me. Excellent place to relax, eat fresh lobsters on a desert postcard beach, take a nap, then wake up and eat fresh food again, take a nap, stroll around. Read a good book.
NamasteParis
12-22-24, 13:09
It is due to internal affairs, not much to do with the vahazas anyway. The upper class has got it, rich in cash and they look therefor down on many vahazas too.
Treat the poor people fair and they will appreciate, hence many poor can not handle money either.
It is not that easy black and white game, it is why moste expats do not give anything to the poor people. With good reasons!
True! I second that point of view. You can see the rich class in Tana, at la Varangue, or Marais Restaurant near Carrefour, or having breakfast at the food court upstairs the Leader Price besides Pousse Pousse. All ladies with Vuitton bag, men in suits and tie. Coming to eat, or take away the birthday cakes. When I was with my family, they often smiled at us. But when I'm with my malagasy girlfriend, they totally ignore us 😂.
I remember someone was posting about medical coverage in this country and the price to get flown to Europe for treatment. Why not just get travelers insurance? I'm pretty sure most EU nations offer it. And American Express has a reasonable price travelers insurance package, I never leave home without getting travelers insurance forgive me for posting this so late.Do not feel too safe with those travel insurances! You get paid back your medical expenses. That is covered.
But a return flight --even if you have 40 deg fever and the local doc's are unable to treat you as you would require. The insurance companies will give you thousand excuses NOT to arange a return flight for you.
This is not hearsay but personal experience in 2 serious cases. I just paid my ticket back -- my health was more imortant than discussing the transport with some dickheads in Europe.
I realized two more strange guys approaching. He immediate opens his wallet and showed me his police ID, he asked me about my passport which I showed to him. He took a look and right away my passport was in his pocket. He asked me if I lived in this hotel, yes. We are on a investigation. It was a well orchestrated seizure. What is going on?
So far to me no way to react otherwise than how I did.
I just got shocked, finding my self in a bad movie that just started.
They were so far correct behaving and there was to me nothing I could do differently.
What they are looking for? I did not do anything wrong I was aware of. Well. Does anyone of you guys want to take a guess at that point?
He was just going to tell me.
The inspector asked me about my daily routine and if I do a walk in the morning and where about? At that point I decided to tell him the truth and be cooperative, since I thought and hoped this is a misunderstanding in some ways and it will solve in a minute.
He opens his phone and showed me the picture of tree hospitalized girls, in the age of around thirteen. WTF!
At that point surrounded by five policeman plus the inspector.
"Always pay the first man!" Fuck you expert, LOL.
Bienenstich
12-23-24, 17:05
You can carry a legalized copy of your passport and visa. Your passport won't wear out and will stay clean as well.
Sugar-bags.
In a photo on his mobile was a Sugar-bag, Sugar-bags that I got together with my tea and I did donate to a beggar woman. They claim that I have poisoned it and that is why the girls are now in critical condition at the hospital.
We want to see your room!
Well many do not know then at home, how about Mada?
In some ways it made it easier to handle, no walk of shame kind off and I knew from that point on it is all a made up thing. But by who? How I going to get out of it?
And yes, you just do not know how far they would go.
So we all walked into the hotel and the French couple who run the place were present. In short I told them the situation, and please help me!
We all went to my room and again thoughts shooting through my head. The mess from last night was almost cleaned up, just the remaining pile of condoms.
Anyway, the second inspector did take a short look at my stuff, this hot mad dog gave me 5 minutes to pack all my stuff to bee taken to the police station too!
The first Inspector declined, all I have to do is locking my room and come the the station my self only!
So I got driven in the police car to the station. Girls and people saw me, WAOWAO!
The church-lady I was talking often with too. She made big eyes on the street with mouth wide open.
I amazed my self with staying very calm and with clear mind focused for a possibel solution.
Everything was possibel to happend in the coming hours and days, so I did some calculations with Szenarios and how I would react to that.
What my limits are going to be and when would I freak out in what ways.
You can carry a legalized copy of your passport and visa. Your passport won't wear out and will stay clean as well.Is it not like the medical insurance with flights covered? It costs you time effort and money in the first place.
As for me I think the would not accepted a copy in the first place. If yes, what do you gain? Run off with the original? I guess they are not that stupid and will hold you at the Airport and make sure you will miss your flight.
Bienenstich
12-25-24, 07:24
You wouldn't have been stripped off your passport. As for what I would have done. In the case I am guilty look for arrangement also known as bribe but if not guilty don't give them nothing.
There were iirc some posts here warning about giving beggars from near glacier food exactly for this reason.
Curious to know how it played out for you.
As we arrived there about ten police man were outside around, all smiling like faggots at the today trophy like! The prison cell door was visual wide open.
We have to wait! The Inspector takes me aside and makes this specific move with the two fingers with a grin on his face.
Serious? Is he now the first man to be paid and it is all over? I do not think so and I declined.
Seconds after that a big car arrived and Madame justice steps off it. A full bodied lady in her mid fifty. Silence in a second!
They all snap attention, she is clearly the boss.
A few words were told and I had to sit in the back of her car. She collected the paperwork and the Inspector drove us to the main police-station.
Cash on the Inspektor would have been wasted I guess.
La Madam Justice.
First I had so sign in. I was guided to the office of La Madam. I was seated at her office-table, LE Inspector next to me.
She was already well informed in the case and we did have a long balanced conversation. She made some notes and all was the basis for a rapport as she said so. I could make some remarks too of how I would proceed if this would go on in a for me unjustified way, I would sue the responsables too. I made it clear that I would want to contact our embassy in Tana. Than it got very spooky!
She starred at me lifted her chin up and cut her throat with her thumb.
We ended the conversation after some more talk after a half hour and I was told to leaf and to show up at three in the afternoon again.
At the Hotel I did explain the case from my perspektiv, everybody listening, including the staff.
LE Patron summed it up with; again and again the same BS. The Patroness agreed to drive me and would assist in reading the Rapport etc. Perhaps since they are kind of involved because of the sugar bags from the hotel.
We got awaited and took our seats, LE monsieur Inspectror present too.
La Patroness did take a box of sugar bags with her and explained that all that sugar is from Mada and there was never a problem with it. They were talking in gassy since she is from there and I did understand some of it. After some minutes the Inspector finalized the Rapport on his Laptop, printed it out and it was ready to be signed by me.
I read it and all the points were in it, also my comments, nothing to be added. La Patronesse read it too and could not find anything suspicious too.
Do I sign it or not? Well why should I? Why should I not, it was just a sum up of the reality so after some moments I signed it. On for me? No! They both stay here. Strange.
After some minutes the parents of the girls arrived in the room.
I could not recognize them, well husband was in his thirty and the so called mother in her fifty. As I look at them. Both of them made a statement in gassy. As much as I could follow Madame Justice told them that the vahaza has a strong sense in justice and he would not give in and denies the poisoning of the sugar and will go all the way.
A Baby in the corridor starts to cry and it was brought in to the mother ho was instantly starts to breast feed it.
After a moment the Inspector took out a sugar bag and claimed it was the second of the two I shall have given to the mother. He opens it, all of us in the room tasted it until it was eaten up with eager. In disbelief and smiling I turned around and outstretch my hand telling the father to stop it now please! We shook hand, he smiled and I thought it will perhaps be over now.
No, the parents insisted to continue and got quit loud. Madam Justice said she now orders a analysis of the victims about a poison! You are all dismissed.
LE monsieur Vahaza tomorrow at nine again here. We all left for home.
I do still do like this people, but may I say that they are kind of male functioning.
Back at the hotel the church lady was at the bar and did have some news, WAOWAO.
Everybody knows it, even some police units, the father is a drug dealer. The girl are in hospital because they most likely have tasted to much of papas drugs.
I made a silent record of her statement.
After that I went a sleep in my room, did not sleep well after such a day.
You wouldn't have been stripped off your passport. As for what I would have done. In the case I am guilty look for arrangement also known as bribe but if not guilty don't give them nothing.
There were iirc some posts here warning about giving beggars from near glacier food exactly for this reason.
Curious to know how it played out for you.After the Inspektor told me the thing with the sugar I knew it is a scam. The question at the moment to me remains who is all involved and how far would they go them self? If you bribe it can be worthless and or used later against you too I guess.
Yes I know now no food for sure and cash does not real make sense too.
That's why, Zis voulla! That brought me to the Idea with the sugar.
I got up ate breakfast and this time LE Patron and I drove to the police station again.
La Madame Justice and LE monsieur Inspector were already there. To my surprise the church lady too.
The church lady most likely made the statement about the drugs and the girls with the father etc. To me Madame and Inspector were not paying much attention to it, it got ignored.
After some more senseless talks I got told that we have to wait for the analyze from the labor. By the way I showed my payed tikket for the taxi in the afternoon at 14 am.
You can leave now and we will contact you wen the results are coming in. WTF, BS.
We left, for some reason I gave the church lady some little money for her attendance.
At the Hotel LE Patron said to me " you should have paid bribe " but you can stay some more nights at the place until the results of the lab are coming in.
Ok, does this tells me something too?
There is no Lab Analysis for sure and there will not be a phone call be this morning. I told my self.
I went to my room packed my stuff, deposited the keys. I did pay in the morning and left the place.
Took a Pousse and went to the station, got there 15 to 12.
Madame and Inspecteure were stille there in the office. I went in, told them again about my ticket and time the taxi leaves. I will wait here with my stuff for the phone call.
My people back home are well informed, worried and know exactly were I am at the moment right now.
The Inspector left.
Madame made some phone calls. Again and again or pretended to do so.
I started to stare at her and so did she to me. Nasty toad you are! And yes she could be a caring mother too I saw in her face!
In my pocket I did have some big cash but I was not intend to spend it here.
She said she made a phone call to the taxi informing them I would come perhaps late, to be picked up at the police station or not at all!
"You give me a BJ and after I fuck you on that table *****" - went through my head next to other things!
The parents wanted me to pay the hospital because they have not the cash. The self made drug problem that caused it is away from the table.
There is no Lab and has never been, I am on the grill getting toasted. They all were in good hope for a Christmas donation.
Darn, the turkey is still not dead to be ripd apart! And besides they realize to bee close to the grill too.
All in?
What is when the phone comes in with, venom in the sugar? We have it in black on white paper! I'm am screwed!
The Lab! : " There was no venom in the sugar you gave to them " seconds after the Inspector comes with my Passport in and passes him to Madam. Some words exchanged, shake hands and my passport in my pocket.
Where are you going now? Ni zangazangana to the road Soatrans will pick me up as you informed them. I left, went out down the road twenty meters and sat under a tree next to the road in the shade.
Hundert meters away a checkpoint takes notice of me. Policeman comes over and asked what I am doing here. I just said I am waiting for the Soatransbus to pick me up. The Policeman walks up the road into the Police-station and comes back in a minute. " The Inspector is having his Lunchbreak and will drive you with his scooter to the Station! " The all knew me and the case.
Seconds after he comes, stops and with no word I sit behind him on the Scooter. The ride of shame for the Inspector to the station, I guess. Me no helmet and on that three Kilometers about 20 saluting hands up. At the station right on the entrance, no words exchanged, I walked off in the building. I should have asked them if they got any phone calls? No I did not.
Minutes after we drove pass the main Police-station, me as a free man not bribing them!
Dars Veider
12-27-24, 11:44
I travelled with Turkish Airlines to Tana in October 24 I booked the flight in May 24 for 724 Euro but it was a multistopf light Europe-Tana and Nairobi-Europe but I guess the flight Europe-Tana-Europe would have been the same price range.
I hope Turkish will have these kind of offers also in the upcoming years, because Air France and Ethiopian are just ridiculous expensive.
The flight to Tana was via Mauritius. The vast majority of the passenges left there just 70 passenges went on to Tana.
Immigration, baggage: all went smoothly visa on arrival for up to 30 days cost 35 Euro - . After 20 minutes I was through and was heading to the exit.
ATM: there is a MCB ATM in the arrivals hall. MCB does NOT charge any fee and I took 800 k on my credit card (my credit card does also not charge any fee).
Took a taxi into town for 70 k (right in front of the arrivals).
At the orange store in Ave. The'Independance bought a SIM (2 k) and data 5 GB (30 k) and some credit for calls and texts (20 k) you need your passport to buy a SIM.
Gals:
Tinder and Badoo work well and is a good starting point, lots of hits in Tana, Toamasina and Mahajanga, no hits in Moramanga at all.
Dars Veider
12-27-24, 11:46
Stayed in Tana in total 7 nights and checked out 2 hotels:
Hotel Glacier 70 k – cheap, rooms are ok with safety box, fan and fridge, but noisy (Ave. The'Independance is noisy at night).
Hotel des Artistes 95 k – small „dark" rooms, safety box, fan, no fridge – avoid rooms 1,2 and 3 as they are too hot and „right in the restaurant" and it is not so nice if you walk by all the guests tables with your lady and enter your room next to a table where someone is having lunch or dinner.
Restaurant:
I went many times to a restaurant called „Beteko" – next to the stairs to the Jardin Antaninarenina / Place de l'Independance – the food was good and tasty and cheap.
Gals:
Used Tinder / badoo – lots of hits – the problem is just, that many girls „pretend" to not have any money and they cannot afford any means of transport to come to the city center – so they ask for money upfront (I should have sent money somehow upfront) which I always declined – so I missed some really hot ones – but there are plenty more so I didn't care.
Girls in Glacier – you can find them almost all day long – a few around noon. More come around 4-6 pm and stay until 9-10 pm – then some of them are heading to TaxiBe – ratings: some young and hot ones, some older and fat ones. As you like. Some ask for 100 k short time – but I refused – some went down, some not – but I sticked to the 40 k (short time) – 60 k (long time) „rule" and still got what I wanted – but some also wanted 100 k and didn't want to go down.
Going to TaxiBe: ALWAYS bring your passport. Police will block one road after dark and stop each taxi with a Vazaha – they will aks for your passport / visa and if you do not have your passport you will be in trouble. A copy of your passport / visa is NOT sufficient – I was told that the minimum „fine" to move on is a 80 k bribe.
Dars Veider
12-27-24, 12:11
Cotisse.
Tana-Toamasina – booked Premium for 50 k (and also travelled back):
It was a Mercedes Tansporter – they are reliable, we always left on time, good drivers, friendly personnel, with Premium I had enough leg room (I'm 5'9), you can even rest a bit with their reclining seats.
Towards Toa: the first 4 hours the road is ok (until Andasibe), after that the road gets nasty – towards Toa it is mainly downhill and the huge amount of trucks (Toa is the main port of Madagascar – lots of trucks on the way) can be relativley easily overtaken – it took me 10 hours to arrive in Toa – the way back to Tana is mainly uphill and the slow moving trucks are difficult to overtake – it took me 12 hours to get back to Tana.
Soatrans.
Tana-Majunga – booked Premium for 70 k and back VIP for 130 k:
It was a VW Crafter (Premium) – they are reliable, we always left on time, good drivers, friendly personnel, but less leg room than in the Cotisse Mercedes Tansporter, and the seat is also more uncomfortable, but you can still rest a bit with their reclining seats.
Towards Majunga: much less trucks, but the road is a mess – it took me 15,5 hours to get to Majunga (incl. A flat tire break) and 13 hours back.
For me Premium is the choice – VIP (was a Chinese Mini-Bus) is 60 k more expensive, but you only get a coffee a croissant and a bottle of water, wifi in the bus is depending on the network and was mostly not working, A / see was only rarely switched on by the driver (I guess to get more motor power and to save on fuel).
Not at all! Thanks for letting me take so much forum-space, LOL! I do like to read it for my self, again and again, great adventure it was.
Besides I knew that sooner or later something like that would happen to me, and It will to you.
I forgot one thing: La Madame Justice did advice me on the second morning to take a advocate since I will need one. And yes after a moment of thinking I declined, since it would get more complicated, time consuming and costly for sure on my own will.
I have learned a lot about the people first hand and how strange to me this people mental work, more predictable now.
How ever I booked already for next February, I am hooked up.
Dars Veider
12-27-24, 15:42
Some delights I had tasted during my trip in Tana.
Stayed in Tana in total 7 nights and checked out 2 hotels:
Hotel Glacier 70 k cheap, rooms are ok with safety box, fan and fridge, but noisy (Ave. The'Independance is noisy at night).
Hotel des Artistes 95 k small dark" rooms, safety box, fan, no fridge avoid rooms 1,2 and 3 as they are too hot and right in the restaurant" and it is not so nice if you walk by all the guests tables with your lady and enter your room next to a table where someone is having lunch or dinner.
Restaurant:
I went many times to a restaurant called Beteko" next to the stairs to the Jardin Antaninarenina / Place de l'Independance the food was good and tasty and cheap.
Gals:
Used Tinder / badoo lots of hits the problem is just, that many girls pretend" to not have any money and they cannot afford any means of transport to come to the city center so they ask for money upfront (I should have sent money somehow upfront) which I always declined so I missed some really hot ones but there are plenty more so I didn't care.Just some add ONS. Get a copie certifiée of your passport. That has been mentioned many times before. I don't like the internet. There's plenty of Photoshop going on now. Girls are catching up unfortunately. Prices. I never pay more than 40 k ST. As an exception 50 k. 100 k ST never! I already heard some girls trying to get 200 k. That's almost a months minimum wage. NFW. The transport scam is starting here too. Don't be taken for a ride. The Taxi Be is just 1200 MGA. LOL.
Apparently La police is getting greedy too. LOL. The legendary police checkpoint on the way to to Taxi Be. In the past 10 k was sufficient. Or you go later at night. Usually the police packs up around 9 pm. They just want to fleece commuters. At night it's dangerous. So you won't see any police moving. They usually lock themselves up in the commissariats. There's another solution. Walk. And take Taxi back late night.
La Buse.
Who avoids late night all together. I have my harem here. No need to look for late night pussy. In fact you find plenty during the day. If you know where to look that is.
Cotisse.
Tana-Toamasina booked Premium for 50 k (and also travelled back):
It was a Mercedes Tansporter they are reliable, we always left on time, good drivers, friendly personnel, with Premium I had enough leg room (I'm 5'9), you can even rest a bit with their reclining seats.
Towards Toa: the first 4 hours the road is ok (until Andasibe), after that the road gets nasty towards Toa it is mainly downhill and the huge amount of trucks (Toa is the main port of Madagascar lots of trucks on the way) can be relativley easily overtaken it took me 10 hours to arrive in Toa the way back to Tana is mainly uphill and the slow moving trucks are difficult to overtake it took me 12 hours to get back to Tana...I'm getting to old to suffer. Very easy. From mid January Coup de Coeur is back. At least three ATR72 500 are operational. In general if you book early enough flights are available one way from 100 to 120€. Mahajanga is pure suffering. Even Toamasina 12 hours is borderline. If there's no breakdown.
Other than that. Yesterday a French man was almost killed in Tamatave. After being almost tortured to death he revealed the location of his hidden stash of cash of 6000€. Inside job. I saw pictures. He didn't look pretty and medevaced himself to La réunion for treatment.
Bienvenue a Isle Rouge.
La Buse.
Legal résident the Isle Rouge.
Cotisse.
Tana-Toamasina booked Premium for 50 k (and also travelled back):
It was a Mercedes Tansporter they are reliable, we always left on time, good drivers, friendly personnel, with Premium I had enough leg room (I'm 5'9), you can even rest a bit with their reclining seats.
Towards Toa: the first 4 hours the road is ok (until Andasibe), after that the road gets nasty towards Toa it is mainly downhill and the huge amount of trucks (Toa is the main port of Madagascar lots of trucks on the way) can be relativley easily overtaken it took me 10 hours to arrive in Toa the way back to Tana is mainly uphill and the slow moving trucks are difficult to overtake it took me 12 hours to get back to Tana..Tana. Toamasina: take the VIP Cotisse bus at night. Seats very comfy, you can stretch, bring your own food and drinks for the night as they not have a food stop. Much less traffic although the horrible road is the same.
But then -- as prices for the flights are down again and now 3 planes in service, for 90 Euro its worth to go by air.
Dars Veider
12-27-24, 21:52
Routes and tariffs. Just forgot in my original post.
And yes. You are right. If the flight situation is improving (enough planes in operational status) and the prices are getting reasonable. I would prefer a flight rather than a road trip. But back in October. Prices were high and just one or two jets were operational. So I decided to go by bus.
Stayed in Tana in total 7 nights and checked out 2 hotels:
Hotel Glacier 70 k cheap, rooms are ok with safety box, fan and fridge, but noisy (Ave. The'Independance is noisy at night).
Hotel des Artistes 95 k small dark" rooms, safety box, fan, no fridge avoid rooms 1,2 and 3 as they are too hot and right in the restaurant" and it is not so nice if you walk by all the guests tables with your lady and enter your room next to a table where someone is having lunch or dinner.
Restaurant:
I went many times to a restaurant called Beteko" next to the stairs to the Jardin Antaninarenina / Place de l'Independance the food was good and tasty and cheap.
Gals:
Used Tinder / badoo lots of hits the problem is just, that many girls pretend" to not have any money and they cannot afford any means of transport to come to the city center so they ask for money upfront (I should have sent money somehow upfront) which I always declined so I missed some really hot ones but there are plenty more so I didn't care.
Girls in Glacier you can find them almost all day long a few around noon. More come around 4-6 pm and stay until 9-10 pm then some of them are heading to TaxiBe ratings: some young and hot ones, some older and fat ones. As you like. Some ask for 100 k short time but I refused some went down, some not but I sticked to the 40 k (short time) 60 k (long time) rule" and still got what I wanted but some also wanted 100 k and didn't want to go down.
Going to TaxiBe: ALWAYS bring your passport. Police will block one road after dark and stop each taxi with a Vazaha they will aks for your passport / visa and if you do not have your passport you will be in trouble. A copy of your passport / visa is NOT sufficient I was told that the minimum fine" to move on is a 80 k bribe.Thanks for you report! Its was much more interesting to read your report than the last few pages of someone nonsense story in many post who just try collect more points!
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Gals:
Used Tinder / badoo lots of hits the problem is just, that many girls pretend" to not have any money and they cannot afford any means of transport to come to the city center so they ask for money upfront (I should have sent money somehow upfront) which I always declined so I missed some really hot ones but there are plenty more so I didn't care.
Girls in Glacier you can find them almost all day long a few around noon. More come around 4-6 pm and stay until 9-10 pm then some of them are heading to TaxiBe ratings: some young and hot ones, some older and fat ones. As you like. Some ask for 100 k short time but I refused some went down, some not but I sticked to the 40 k (short time) 60 k (long time) rule" and still got what I wanted but some also wanted 100 k and didn't want to go down.
..Thanks for the insights. Beginner question about Tinder / badoo. Are the girls usually up front about looking for P4 P?
Stayed in Tana in total 7 nights and checked out 2 hotels:
Hotel Glacier 70 k cheap, rooms are ok with safety box, fan and fridge, but noisy (Ave. The'Independance is noisy at night).
Hotel des Artistes 95 k small dark" rooms, safety box, fan, no fridge avoid rooms 1,2 and 3 as they are too hot and right in the restaurant" and it is not so nice if you walk by all the guests tables with your lady and enter your room next to a table where someone is having lunch or dinner.
Restaurant:
I went many times to a restaurant called Beteko" next to the stairs to the Jardin Antaninarenina / Place de l'Independance the food was good and tasty and cheap.
Gals:
Used Tinder / badoo lots of hits the problem is just, that many girls pretend" to not have any money and they cannot afford any means of transport to come to the city center so they ask for money upfront (I should have sent money somehow upfront) which I always declined so I missed some really hot ones but there are plenty more so I didn't care.
Girls in Glacier you can find them almost all day long a few around noon. More come around 4-6 pm and stay until 9-10 pm then some of them are heading to TaxiBe ratings: some young and hot ones, some older and fat ones. As you like. Some ask for 100 k short time but I refused some went down, some not but I sticked to the 40 k (short time) 60 k (long time) rule" and still got what I wanted but some also wanted 100 k and didn't want to go down.
Going to TaxiBe: ALWAYS bring your passport. Police will block one road after dark and stop each taxi with a Vazaha they will aks for your passport / visa and if you do not have your passport you will be in trouble. A copy of your passport / visa is NOT sufficient I was told that the minimum fine" to move on is a 80 k bribe.You can make a certified copy of your passport and visa at the local townhall.
Make sure both are duly stamped an also make sure they are laminated.
The police has to accept this as identification.
Make sure they are laminated and foldable so you can easily carry them at all times.
Dars Veider
12-28-24, 09:29
Thanks for the insights. Beginner question about Tinder / badoo. Are the girls usually up front about looking for P4 P?Well, almost all write on their profile, that they would look for a "serious relationship" . But I always make it clear right from the beginning, that I'm looking only fo fun. 3% will then decline. The rest is happily accepting.
Just go for it, make your intentions clear and wait for the answer.
Cheers.
DV.
Hotel, taxi brousse, police checkpoints the ID card in general to my experience was enough.
I guess when they want to screw you, they try to do so and are creative.
The same applies to the yellow fewer vaccination, it is for sure not mandatory. What are you Vahaza doing if the police tells you different?
Other than that. Yesterday a French man was almost killed in Tamatave. After being almost tortured to death he revealed the location of his hidden stash of cash of 6000. Inside job. I saw pictures. He didn't look pretty and medevaced himself to La runion for treatment.
Bienvenue a Isle Rouge.
La Buse.
Legal rsident the Isle Rouge.If there are no more relevant facts to this story, wich I fairly doubt if true, sorry I do not feel very much sorry tho this dude and I do hope he is in a mental home in France after recovering.
Anyway it is a good example of what happens when Pirates lose the treasure map to the own brain in the first place.
The Hotels will charge you around 70 K, that's 20 in the pocket and fifty for the cab. At night it will be a collective Shuttle Bus to different hotels, same price.
15 K ist the local city bus, to the center, like hotel Sole.
So you will likely stick to 50 K daytime with the taximaffia. This time I made it different:
Booked a Scooter for 30 K!! Passed the Taxis on two spots I was negotiating bevor and waved them with a smile.
Payed 40 K on the Airport with a smile on both sides, bonne noel!
I do like and appreciate some of your profound information of the past, but lately you start to lose it.
Prices. I never pay more than 40 k ST. As an exception 50 k. 100 k ST never! I already heard some girls trying to get 200 k. That's almost a months minimum wage. NFW. The transport scam is starting here too. Don't be taken for a ride. The Taxi Be is just 1200 MGA. LOL.
La Buse.Up to 2003 the currency was the Franc Malgache. It got changed to the present Ariary, 5-1 - LOL.
This time, and I regret not have taken a photograph of it, I came across a Menu in a Restaurant that still labeled in two lines the prices. Francs Malgache and Ariary 5:1.
You need to know the prices and mentality! You are legal resident to the Ille Rouge by paper but by your blood and colour you stay a Vahaza.
They tried to fool me this last visit with this simple trick several times and I do not mind since I am dressed properly like a proper human being, I just smiled and reply: Franc Malgache you mean?
To your example of 100 K ST breaks down to the 20 K. Smile!
Waowao? This news is spreading as fast as lightning among the girls: I have found a fool again ho payed me 100 K ST!
I am a strong believer in market economi, the sozial one. I often pay more than I should have but I let them know that they not have fooled me.
Besides, I you ever visit a Lemur park there you have the to prices listed: resident Malgasy and etranger visiteur. As etranger you pay often official 10 times! The price difference is deeply rooted and do unterstand that to my certain extend.
20 K. Day and night.
Next to Diamant I was talking to girl in the evening ho offered her service for 20 K in the nearby short time hotel, the hotel did have a price sign starting price was 25 K!
Took her to my place, service was rather poor, well I did not feel good with her and let her early go for 20 K.
Daytime at the Grand Avenue was a Mamasan with her chicks some of them spoke some English. None of them did have a ID. Dated a girl twice, service was incredible! No Limits, on the second day I gave her 40 K!
However, after one customer the girls would go home!
One evening a car approached me on the Avenue Foche with two dudes in the front and two girls in the back, the guys were trying to sell the actual good looking girls. But I declined, kind of oddish.
The Hotels will charge you around 70 K, that's 20 in the pocket and fifty for the cab. At night it will be a collective Shuttle Bus to different hotels, same price.
15 K ist the local city bus, to the center, like hotel Sole.
So you will likely stick to 50 K daytime with the taximaffia. This time I made it different:
Booked a Scooter for 30 K!! Passed the Taxis on two spots I was negotiating bevor and waved them with a smile.
Payed 40 K on the Airport with a smile on both sides, bonne noel!What a cheap charlie takes a scooter from the airport, perhaps with his suitcase over the shoulder: must be really someone who lives in his homeland on social support.
The meanwhile established taxi fare for the new cars with aircon, clean and reliable, is 70.000. No need to negotiate, no hassles and no hotel gets a cut. Contrary, some hotels offer you a free transport if you book a couple of nights.
If you get conned by one of the touts offering you a cab for 50 k, you must follow him to the parking lot outside the airport parking area, cross a busy road, sweating and ending in a wrek with a driver speaking no french and not knowing your hotel. All that just to save 5. -EU? . Ohh Mon Dieu.
Thanks for you report! Its was much more interesting to read your report than the last few pages of someone nonsense story in many post who just try collect more points!Well. You can hit the ignore button. Which I did a long time ago.
La Buse.
What a cheap charlie takes a scooter from the airport, perhaps with his suitcase over the shoulder: must be really someone who lives in his homeland on social support.
The meanwhile established taxi fare for the new cars with aircon, clean and reliable, is 70.000. No need to negotiate, no hassles and no hotel gets a cut. Contrary, some hotels offer you a free transport if you book a couple of nights.
If you get conned by one of the touts offering you a cab for 50 k, you must follow him to the parking lot outside the airport parking area, cross a busy road, sweating and ending in a wrek with a driver speaking no french and not knowing your hotel. All that just to save 5. -EU? . Ohh Mon Dieu.I have a friend. He's accident surgeon here in Tana. He likes the taxi motos. Good for his business. Like the madman I heard about in Entebbe went with a Bodaboda to the airport. He didn't survive the experience. Was run over by a truck. RIP. Cotisse VIP just had an accident to Mahajanga. 1 Dead. Several injuries. Tyre blow out. Driver lost control. Overtired.
La Buse.
According tho these experts, this is the tough Madaforum and alike, Pussys stay in Thailand-LOL!
Mada is not like that, there are increasingly more English speaking people of various Nations al over the place.
Mada is great, yet very very unique!
Dars Veider
12-31-24, 14:39
Stayed in Toa in total 6 nights and checked out 2 hotels:
Hotel Satrana 100 k – small rooms with A / C, no fridge, no safety box – since the wifi wasn't working I moved after 1 night.
Hotel Arjana 80 k – big rooms, A / C, no fridge, no safety box, WIFI was OK – so I moved here and stayed 5 nights.
Night spots:
La Terasse, Taxi Be and Panama Club.
La Terrasse: I would say the main spot – around 10-15 girls in and outside of the place – restaurant is good.
TaxiBe: I haven't visited it, so I cannot comment.
Panama Club: around 3-5 girls in and outside of the place.
Gals:
Behind Panama Club there is a small dark alley where I saw sowm SW standing.
SWs are also patrolling the streets between La Terasse and Panama Club. So almost every girl on the street after dark is a potential hit. Just approach them and have some small talk (of course French is in 95% of the cases a must) and off you go to your hotel.
Tinder and Badoo – work well, lots of hits – see also my comments in the Tana report.
Prices:
30-40 k short, 50 k long time.
Dars Veider
12-31-24, 14:42
Some delights I had tasted during my trip in Toamasina.
Dars Veider
12-31-24, 14:46
Stayed 2 nights in the Bezanozano Hotel: 80 k – run down hotel right in the center of town, this hotel needs some facelift urgently.
I also found the famous" Toff Bar (mentioned by a fellow monger in an older post) - opens somewhere around noon. And closes at 9 pm – I was there on a Monday at 6:30 pm and I was the only one – the 4 girls wear blue Tees – but they didn't approach me. I left at 7 pm – still no other customer. So I cannot confirm the „brothel-like" bar.
Directions:
If you are leaving the Bezanozano Hotel turn 20 m tot he left (Shell Sign) – right opposite there is a street leading to the market – follow this street for 80 meters, then turn right into a small alley (behind Hotel Tiana) – after 15 mteres you are in front of the Toff Bar.
Train:
The train Moramanga-Toamasina (and back) is running, but somehow on that Monday, when it actually should have gone to Brickaville, I saw the train standing in the Mormanaga station the whole day – so better check before you plan to go with the train (official schedule attached).
Bus to Tana:
Took the TAFITA Bus service – Premium 13 k. Hourly departures.
Gals:
No hits in Tinder o Badoo.
Also during the day I haven't seen many good looking girls – maybe they are all in Tana or Toamasina. So I left „undone".
Dars Veider
12-31-24, 14:49
Stayed in Majunga in total 8 nights and stayed in 2 hotels:
Hotel Anjary – 90 k – big rooms with A / see, no fridge, no safety box, WIFI was OK– but since I was not feeling comfortable in this hotel I moved on after my first night.
Hotel LE Badamier – 110 k – Standard room, A / C, safety box, but no fridge (w fridge 130 k) – good hotel, but noisy street – stayed 7 nights.
Checked 2 other alternatives:
Kismat Hotel – 90 k – Standard room (fan) with fridge, safety box would be installed when the client moves in (they told me) / 110 k w / A / C– quiet street, right behind supermarket – rooms look ok.
Central Hotel – 75 K – Standard (fan)/ 90 k w A / see – but basic rooms (no fridge, no safety deposit box, bathoom looks not so good).
Gals:
Tinder and Badoo – work well, lots of hits.
Bord de la Mer – some girls available – starts at 18 h, but still lots of families – best go there around 20:30 h.
LE Zanzibar is dead" . Was walking by numerous times. Almost no clients, no girls.
Chatted up some girls on the streets – . Just approach them and have some small talk (of course French is in 95% of the cases a must) and off you go to your hotel.
Prices:
30-40 k short, 50 k long time.
Dars Veider
12-31-24, 14:51
Some delights I had tasted during my trip in Mahajanga.
Dars Veider
12-31-24, 14:56
Find attached the updated guide for your reference. Updated with some more recent reports and my own experiences of my last trip in Oct 2024.
Find attached the updated guide for your reference. Updated with some more recent reports and my own experiences of my last trip in Oct 2024.A good summary! Great to read for a newbie -- but still many more places and events are there to discover. I know them. However, why shall I tell? Once published it will get fuxxed up by the. Xxxx (I dot wamt to get banned by the mods).
A good summary! Great to read for a newbie -- but still many more places and events are there to discover. I know them. However, why shall I tell? Once published it will get fuxxed up by the. Xxxx (I dot wamt to get banned by the mods).Right. I'm not too worried. He suffered properly. Pussy you have to earn. No power. Therefore no A / see. No water. 15 hours by Cotisse. Without french you not going to survive. Nothing for the Eastern Seaboard US tourist. Madagascar is huge. As a rule of thumb. The more remote the more suffering to reach. Only for Adventurers. The selected few.
La Buse.
Hotel: I stayed at Nadia Hotel, the tall blue building next tho the shell petrol station with a good Restaurant. Rooms on the third floor overlooking the town. I could sit in the doorway and twice I waved a girl direct from the street after eye-contact in. Parc National Andasibe is close by.
Toff Bar: yes to me too, out. Few locals and just three girls. The two signs kept me off too. Next to it is a good carcotte with a second floor the steep stairs up into a party room.
The karaokes down the road to the stations were each night packed with heavy drinkers and rather a aggressive vibe, only few girls. Bad looking Streetwalkers even at night light.
The train: Calculate three nights there. At 7 AM to 8 AM tickets are sold for the next day, if the train is in. I took the train to Vavony. Lac Raosabe, fresh water lake.
Next to the rail station is this monument. On various sites, different towns I saw them, all in the best condition they could be. The story about it tells its self.
Antsirabe: Hotel Diamant for 50 K with large rooms, the Nightclub and the area has got something to it. But its out, it is no attraction anymore, only for the sake of its former glory.
The place to be is Hotel du Terme were Kings resided, nice park and pool 80 K. Louis 15,60 K All you need to know about the Antsirabe will tell you the nice French owner.
Tamatave: Hotel Veranda for 135 K my favorite! Top kitchen, clean rooms, quiet location, mayor attractions in close distance. Joffre out.
I'm looking for massage and brothels in town. Asking taxis and motos goes very difficult, talked to 5 in city center but weren't even able to point me out to the ones I already knew. Best to head to les quartiers first and ask there but yeah beaucoup the'efforts.
Massage places that act as brothels:
Soft Hands Massage. Near Manson, alley before Belvedere Hotel. Isoraka.
4 Charm Spa & Massage / Charm' Spa. Same alley as Flora Hotel. Ivato, near the airport.
Massage starts with the minimum hour price of the room 30-40 k. Add for the girl depending on your wishes and how pretty she is 40-100 k.
Some local brothels open during the day, wouldn't really walk in myself but was tempted sometimes:
Across the street from Sole Hotel in City Center.
Down the street near Mada Hotel in 67 HA.
On the north end of Rue Razafindrokoto Eloi just before the roundabout where Paositra Malagasy is.
These local brothels probably start at 40.000 MGA.
Old reports say more then 7 massage places around Manson and Lalana Russie but it's just Soft Hands right now.
I don't see any brothel near Gare Soarano, this shouldn't be hard to spot after dark, nothing there. Independence girls can be very pretty though, good experiences with all of them.
Several massage places I walked into were genuine massage places.
If you know something please let me know!
First time in Tana, didn't believe my eyes!
These fair haired beauties weren't at all what I expected! Also everyone is so polite, is that French influence? Not sure if I should head to India next or another French speaking African country. Brazzaville and Yaoundé are high on my list. Of course the 3 month visa couldn't be extended at Immigration HQ.
Glacier, Taxi Be, Manson and L'avenue de l'Indépendance is where it's all happening. No working girls at Irish Pub or Red Club next door as far as I could tell.
Pay 40-100 k depending on how good she looks, add 20 k for raw. Same price for all these locations. Pay 20 k extra for Tinder girls.
Got 50 matches on Badoo but nothing ended up being genuine, just lot's of chat. Tinder is fine but these were my worst experiences. If you say Kampala, Lusaka or Nairobi, I say Tinder! If you say Tana I say head out to a bar.
Medicine are cheap just avoid city center pharmacies, they sell expensive brands. Antibiotics and MA pills (Pregnon 5800 MGA) go under 6 k if you look around.
Just 600 MGA for the minibus? Plan with moovitapp.com or you'll be helpless. Taxi at Glacier starts at 10 k, at Taxi Be you pay 15 k.
Maybe the power downs are not so amazing.
Bonne chance!
Bienenstich
01-12-25, 22:29
Very nice report. Short rides with the bus I. E. 1-2 stations can be 400. They can also be more if zone suburbaine or bus class. 800/1 k or 1.5 k respectively.
The price of 'passage' / ST for the low class streetwalkers is not 40 k but rather 7-10 max 15 k plus room 2-5 k. Also including BBFS but negotiated before or you ask for drama.
Vavy Lover
01-13-25, 19:39
Hey all. Wondering if anyone has recent experience in Ifaty?
I frequented Toliara some 15+ years ago, still my favorite spot in Madagascar, and at that time the road to Ifaty was basically like a dried up river bed. Took 2-4 hrs to get there from Toliara if I recall, in a 4 x4. At that time Ifaty was kind of like a beautiful outpost, lots of gorgeous beaches, and I stayed in a bungalow on the beach, at the Bamboo Club, I don't think there was any surveliance or checking of comings and goings, and the scene in general was very mellow. Bar with dancing (hardly a discoteque) was open only on the weekends, maybe just Fri and Sat. Plenty of girls on the weekend, but also during the weeks, often walking the beach.
The road has been paved since (maybe 5 years ago). I have never been on it, but I now understand it takes only 20 min to get there and you can hire a standard taxi from Toliara and go back and forth in a day or just for the evening / night. I wonder how the scene has changed. Any comments out there on the current accomodations and girl availability?
VL.
Dars Veider
01-14-25, 14:54
Hey all. Wondering if anyone has recent experience in Ifaty?
I frequented Toliara some 15+ years ago, still my favorite spot in Madagascar, and at that time the road to Ifaty was basically like a dried up river bed. Took 2-4 hrs to get there from Toliara if I recall, in a 4 x4. At that time Ifaty was kind of like a beautiful outpost, lots of gorgeous beaches, and I stayed in a bungalow on the beach, at the Bamboo Club, I don't think there was any surveliance or checking of comings and goings, and the scene in general was very mellow. Bar with dancing (hardly a discoteque) was open only on the weekends, maybe just Fri and Sat. Plenty of girls on the weekend, but also during the weeks, often walking the beach.
The road has been paved since (maybe 5 years ago). I have never been on it, but I now understand it takes only 20 min to get there and you can hire a standard taxi from Toliara and go back and forth in a day or just for the evening / night. I wonder how the scene has changed. Any comments out there on the current accomodations and girl availability?.I was in Ifaty / Mangily in October 2023.
Please see also my repots - 10-29-23.
http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?905-Madagascar&p=2864049&viewfull=1#post2864049.
http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?905-Madagascar&p=2864050&viewfull=1#post2864050.
Cheers DV.
NamasteParis
01-21-25, 00:01
If you go to Toliara, check my recent report:
http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?905-Madagascar&p=2903792&viewfull=1#post2903792
Go to Anakao, chez Peter Pan.
BlackPantherXX
01-23-25, 20:18
Hello,
I'm planning on visiting Tana and Nosy be in June.
Do you have any recommendations of massage salons that would offer a wide array of spinner girls (I like them slim, 18-25 yo), even better if you're able to call and have them come to your airbnb. And their prices??
And. Be: ooh I forgot, since I only creampie, only recommendations from places ok with the practice: no condom attitude.
Feel free to pm too if you have some good contacts.
SouthEaster
01-25-25, 10:26
They exist but are not really necessary and in my experience most foreigners don't bother. There are plenty of places and situations that present themselves when looking for pussy. Just read back about a hundred posts! As for creampie, bareback is standard in Mada although I am hearing (unfortunate) rumblings lately of girls asking for condoms. It is far from standard. Recently I saw 2 posts about it, one guy claiming you need to offer an extra 20 K and the other guy talking about negotiating up front. Sounds like BS to me. I have never paid extra and never discussed it. I have had a total of maybe 4 girls bring it up and only one insisted. A nice BJ and out the door solved that one. Have fun and report back.
They exist but are not really necessary and in my experience most foreigners don't bother. There are plenty of places and situations that present themselves when looking for pussy. Just read back about a hundred posts! As for creampie, bareback is standard in Mada although I am hearing (unfortunate) rumblings lately of girls asking for condoms. It is far from standard. Recently I saw 2 posts about it, one guy claiming you need to offer an extra 20 K and the other guy talking about negotiating up front. Sounds like BS to me. I have never paid extra and never discussed it. I have had a total of maybe 4 girls bring it up and only one insisted. A nice BJ and out the door solved that one. Have fun and report back.Most of the Massage Parcours I knew in Tana did not survive COVID. There's no market. Except for real massage. I'd say fly to Addis if you want "massage parlors" The younger girls all know what STDs are and HIV and how to protect themselves. Thanks to the wife of the president. That is a new generation. The 20 y old now is more adept and better educated than 10 years ago. Surcharge for BB? I never heard about that BS. Might be that some dumb mongers ask for BB. AND girls are not stupid here. They know what's going on. Some already were hooking in Dubai on Tourist Visas. But Madagascar is not an island anymore. Broadband Internet and cheap smart phones also make inroads. Not in La Brousse but times are changing for sure in Tana. But the broad masses living in La Brousse. Not much change there.
Other than that. The whole city 3 million of Antananarivo has NO piped in drinking water since 6 months. Typhoid and Cholera are everywhere. Ask me. I came down with Typhoid fièvre. No fun.
La Buse.
I have a visit arranged for 10 days in Ambataloaka in June. Although I have travelled widely, it will be my first time there and I am looking for any advice or tips about the place and its nightlife? I am an older guy but I speak French fluently. I have watched a few vlogs about the place and it seems that Taxi Be is the place to go, but I see many girls just standing outside. Do they approach you or should I talk to them if interested? Are most of the ladies in groups inside 'available' or just out with friends? Do most expect to stay all night or is shortime more normal? Could you give me an idea of the fee that they might expect? I really prefer very slim ladies.
What about daytime activity? There seem to be legitimate massages on the beach but do these ladies come back to the hotel and offer more? Are there any fun bars in Hellville or Darsalam?
Any info regarding good restaurants or pick up places as well as places to avoid would be a great help to me.
SouthEaster
02-13-25, 11:28
At this point someone (in this case me) will tell you to read the bloody forum. Every question you asked is answered somewhere in there.
Just cause I feel amiable today:
Almost every chick inside and outside Taxi be is available. Many will approach you, lots will let you make the first move. The worst you can get is a no, but most of the time it will be yes.
LT or ST is up to you. Many girls will expect that you want them to stay, particularly if it is late at night. Beware that a few will be hesitant to leave the next day hoping that they have found a one week sugar daddy. Don't be afraid to politely turf them out if this is not what you want.
Fee is typically 30-50 K ST and 50-60 LT. Be aware that some of the best looking girls are now starting to ask for 2-4 times that so it is advisable to avoid the drama of your ho demanding more money in the middle of the night or the next morning. Get a price before you head to the room. That said the girls don't have much of a leg to stand on. No one wants the cops involved and the girls do not want the cops or hotel managers or reception to single them out as trouble makers.
You are in luck if you prefer slim girls. Probably the most common type in Mada, slim with small tits, they are everywhere.
Finally, have not been for 2 years so maybe others with more recent experience will chime in. Leave a report if you go.
I have a visit arranged for 10 days in Ambataloaka in June. Although I have travelled widely, it will be my first time there and I am looking for any advice or tips about the place and its nightlife? I am an older guy but I speak French fluently. I have watched a few vlogs about the place and it seems that Taxi Be is the place to go, but I see many girls just standing outside. Do they approach you or should I talk to them if interested? Are most of the ladies in groups inside 'available' or just out with friends? Do most expect to stay all night or is shortime more normal? Could you give me an idea of the fee that they might expect? I really prefer very slim ladies.
What about daytime activity? There seem to be legitimate massages on the beach but do these ladies come back to the hotel and offer more? Are there any fun bars in Hellville or Darsalam?
Any info regarding good restaurants or pick up places as well as places to avoid would be a great help to me.Most is already written here, if you take your time and read through.
Suggest you do a morning walk, starting from the south end at Hotel CocoPlage. Stroll along the whole main road with open eyes, stop then at the restaurant "Chez Bidule". Its a 40 minutes walk. The place is full from 9 am having a petit dejeuner until late with your countrymen living there. From them you get all actual info to make your stay worth.
Don't forget: most of the tips here on ISG are written by tourists not speaking french. You got an advantage over them!
SexGuy2799
02-14-25, 17:26
Visiting Tana next week, looking to get some good young ones. Anyone around wanting to meet and have fun together please message.
Any recommendations / contacts that I can call to come to my hotel are welcome! Thanks.
NamasteParis
02-14-25, 22:29
Visiting Tana next week, looking to get some good young ones. Anyone around wanting to meet and have fun together please message.
Any recommendations / contacts that I can call to come to my hotel are welcome! Thanks.It seems that you're only asking on this forum, for every country you visit, and never report.
I'm going to be in Antsiranana. Last post about that city was in 2022.
Just looking for massage parlors. Thanks.
Also, 1 USD = 4. 7 k Ariary? Posters are mentioning 40 k, which is less than $10 usd?
SouthEaster
02-18-25, 10:09
Try searching for posts about Diego, not Antsiranana. I was there last year. No idea about massage places. Never noticed any and even hotels do not flog them although many offer the service. Not much point as they will just be the middleman and charge you for providing a girl you could probably find in Taxi Be. Yes 40 K is a decent price. If the girl bitches about that for ST she is getting greedy.
Waouhhh! So many comments! And I feel people are angry I pay so much! Well I'm not Quasimodo like you wrote! I'm nice boy, good-looking, slim, I'm 40 and girls love me a lot! When I see the situation in Madagascar, I was in Tana, Nosy Be, Ambilobe, Diego, Sambava and Antalah, I used the taxi-brousse and planes and I can see people are so poor! So I'm glad to make girls happy with my money. Anyway for us europeans, to pay a girl 200 000 AR or even 400 000 AR, it's nothing! And seriousely, if you want high class and sexy girls, who are between 18 to 25 max, they don't go with you for 50 000 AR. Most of the girls go with 200 000 AR. And if a girl is nice and ask 300 000 AR it's not so much, and I'm glad to make her happy!
And I can say, that when you're nice and generous with the girls, they love to stay with you and they don't use you.
Most of the girls, I found them on Facebook! It's very easy, some french sponsors who are totally in love of their girls, want to show everybody who is their girlfriend / Wife and they post so many pictures of their girlfriend, so I love to contact their girlfriend directly, and they always answer me to meet me! In 3 weeks I fucked without condom 11 girls. Girls don't use condom in this country, and they really love to fuck and of course get money!
But for the men on this website who say they fuck girls in LE Glacier or even Taxi-Be in Tana, I totally believe them when they say they fuck for 10 euros all night! But I was everyday in LE Glacier or Taxi-Be to check the girls, and sorry but girls are so ugly there! If you want sexy girls, better to find them on facebook, or even in the streets or in the hotels directly when they leave their customers! I did that twice, waiting girls leave their customer when I was in Radisson Hotel in Tana, and they came my room directly!I'm going to be in Diego.
How do you find these women on Facebook?
Try searching for posts about Diego, not Antsiranana. I was there last year. No idea about massage places. Never noticed any and even hotels do not flog them although many offer the service. Not much point as they will just be the middleman and charge you for providing a girl you could probably find in Taxi Be. Yes 40 K is a decent price. If the girl bitches about that for ST she is getting greedy.I think everyone should stick to the idea of paying a decent amount like 40 k and bargain when offered ridiculous prices. Also in mada, there is no skim market. No need to pay extra or ridiculous prices thinking these women are models. Non of them are actually models. Biggest issue mongers face these days is the simp-epidemic.
Women in these countries don't need saviours. It's a simple service. They offer a service and we pay for it. As far as I am concerned, ho mongering is dying because of the simp-epidemic. I remember back then someone quoting me 300000 AR and I reduced it down to 50000. If everyone stops paying ridiculous amount of money for a simple service, then non of us have to pay 300000. If they asked me that price, I know someone else have spoilt them and I know that guy is a loser.
Besides, look how disgusting the Thai women look now. 10 years ago, there was only skinny petite Thais in every bar. With all the simps in Thailand and women having money and beer, women are getting fat and uneffable each year. The self proclaimed macho narration of the Thai sex pats just a whimp to cover up their beta male loser asses.
Try searching for posts about Diego, not Antsiranana. I was there last year. No idea about massage places. Never noticed any and even hotels do not flog them although many offer the service. Not much point as they will just be the middleman and charge you for providing a girl you could probably find in Taxi Be. Yes 40 K is a decent price. If the girl bitches about that for ST she is getting greedy.I think everyone should stick to the idea of paying a decent amount like 40 k and bargain when offered ridiculous prices. Also in mada, there is no skim market. No need to pay extra or ridiculous prices thinking these women are models. Non of them are actually models. Biggest issue mongers face these days is the simp-epidemic.
Women in these countries don't need saviours. It's a simple service. They offer a service and we pay for it. As far as I am concerned, ho mongering is dying because of the simp-epidemic. I remember back then someone quoting me 300000 AR and I reduced it down to 50000. If everyone stops paying ridiculous amount of money for a simple service, then non of us have to pay 300000. If they asked me that price, I know someone else have spoilt them and I know that guy is a loser.
Besides, look how disgusting the Thai women look now. 10 years ago, there was only skinny petite thais in every bar. With all the simps in Thailand and women having money and beer, women are getting fat and uneffable each year. The self proclaimed macho narration of the Thai sex pats just a whimp to cover up their beta male loser asses. They boast themselves as sex pats fucking pigs for 200 bucks which they used to spend 10 bucks to fuck. Outrageous mate.
P S. If you have alternative opinions write it in a piece of paper and shove it in your arse.
NamasteParis
02-19-25, 23:07
I think everyone should stick to the idea of paying a decent amount like 40 k and bargain when offered ridiculous prices. Also in mada, there is no skim market. No need to pay extra or ridiculous prices thinking these women are models. Non of them are actually models. Biggest issue mongers face these days is the simp-epidemic.
Women in these countries don't need saviours. It's a simple service. They offer a service and we pay for it. As far as I am concerned, ho mongering is dying because of the simp-epidemic. I remember back then someone quoting me 300000 AR and I reduced it down to 50000. If everyone stops paying ridiculous amount of money for a simple service, then non of us have to pay 300000. If they asked me that price, I know someone else have spoilt them and I know that guy is a loser.
Besides, look how disgusting the Thai women look now. 10 years ago, there was only skinny petite thais in every bar. With all the simps in Thailand and women having money and beer, women are getting fat and uneffable each year. The self proclaimed macho narration of the Thai sex pats just a whimp to cover up their beta male loser asses. They boast themselves as sex pats fucking pigs for 200 bucks which they used to spend 10 bucks to fuck. Outrageous mate.
P S. If you have alternative opinions write it in a piece of paper and shove it in your arse.Just to precise the above statement, which I fully agree: 30 K-40 K is for LT in the province. 50 K-60 K in Tana. There is no ST in Mada. Girls prefer to sleep at your place rather than on their mattress on the floor. Hard to say but true. Precision: I'm french but anyway the price of a service should not be indexed to the language. Respect them, don't spoil them.
NamasteParis
02-19-25, 23:16
Besides, look how disgusting the Thai women look now. 10 years ago, there was only skinny petite thais in every bar. With all the simps in Thailand and women having money and beer, women are getting fat and uneffable each year.You can say the same thing about dom. Rep. Or philippines, all these countries spoiled by stupid guys in a decade.
JohnWick6969
02-20-25, 02:05
Just to precise the above statement, which I fully agree: 30 K-40 K is for LT in the province. 50 K-60 K in Tana. There is no ST in Mada. Girls prefer to sleep at your place rather than on their mattress on the floor. Hard to say but true. Precision: I'm french but anyway the price of a service should not be indexed to the language. Respect them, don't spoil them.Why paying more in Tana? Just wondering.
You can say the same thing about dom. Rep. Or philippines, all these countries spoiled by stupid guys in a decade.I started as a young bloke to use the service of working girls. I always knew I won't ever be satisfied with a monogamous relationship despite the narration that is pushed to men at a global scale by certain cult operatives with their own political agendas which don't apply to a vast majority of men. This narrative is unnatural to everyone (including women) and I won't get deep about it since the topic gets political. And I like to pay upfront for the service in a monetary value rather than establishing deep relationship with women (which eventually turns out to be meaningless).
Therefore, I strongly believe commercial sex should be widely practiced and available. Easily accessible and affordable to every man like food water and air. Because it's a basic need. Women don't have any actual value other than offering sex to men (which is the hard to swallow pill for most left lenient men.) Besides, no animal wears a rubber in love making. It's okay to protect yourself but it shouldn't come at the price of compromising the experience.
Offering more money never guarantee you a better service. We are all slaves one way or the other. Women value money and we value sex. So the most prominent reason for women remain in commercial sex is having less money. Unfortunately, to keep this system of civility going, you have to keep the women poor. That's why women only jobs and diversity is pushed in the West to make men more oppressed (it gets down to politics).
All monetary values are arbitrary values. Never pay the asking price if you don't see the exact same value for the service just because you have more money. Best is to always offer way less than the asking price. It also helps to remove bad actors from the industry. (Clock watchers, money grabbers). As men we must not treat or no longer see women as innocent. It's no longer true under the current circumstances. They have more benefits; law is set to favour them and oppress men. It destroyed every part of the world. Not just West.
I have a visit arranged for 10 days in Ambataloaka in June. Although I have travelled widely, it will be my first time there and I am looking for any advice or tips about the place and its nightlife? I am an older guy but I speak French fluently. I have watched a few vlogs about the place and it seems that Taxi Be is the place to go, but I see many girls just standing outside. Do they approach you or should I talk to them if interested? Are most of the ladies in groups inside 'available' or just out with friends? Do most expect to stay all night or is shortime more normal? Could you give me an idea of the fee that they might expect? I really prefer very slim ladies.
What about daytime activity? There seem to be legitimate massages on the beach but do these ladies come back to the hotel and offer more? Are there any fun bars in Hellville or Darsalam?
Any info regarding good restaurants or pick up places as well as places to avoid would be a great help to me.Thanks to those who replied to my post about Ambataloaka, but could you clarify a little bit about the girls offering massage on the beach. Are they usually available to come to the hotel room or is it beach massage only?
Also, I know that advice about restaurants is very subjective, but I would still like to hear about any places you recommend or not?
Thanks to those who replied to my post about Ambataloaka, but could you clarify a little bit about the girls offering massage on the beach. Are they usually available to come to the hotel room or is it beach massage only?
Also, I know that advice about restaurants is very subjective, but I would still like to hear about any places you recommend or not?You seem to be absolutely clueless. A "massage" is sexual intercourse in the room of course. Where else?
La Buse.
The Airbnb I stayed in last time is sold out during my next trip (early May). I was wondering if anybody here know of a place or had contacts that are renting something out. What I'm looking for are:
1. Private entrance. I love hotel Ylang Ylang. But the walk of shame is bad and they completely shut the building down at some hour in the middle of the night. Not conducive to mongering.
2. Air Conditioning. At least when the electricity is on.
3. On or near the beach somewhere between Ambataloaka and the Tati Cris area. I don't care if it is a 1-200 m walk. And I also don't care much about the view.
4. Doesn't look too third world on the inside. I'm doing facetime calls back to the US and don't want something that looks like I'm in a hostage video.
5. Price. Up to $120 / night. I know this is high. But I'm willing to pay for the convenience if it has what I want.
Nice-to-have - 6. Nice desk and wifi to get work done while I'm there.
If anybody can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. I've scoured Airbnb and come up empty. Worst case scenario, I get a hotel room in a nice location and a fuck shed somewhere. But that would suck.
You seem to be absolutely clueless. A "massage" is sexual intercourse in the room of course. Where else?
La Buse.It would appear that I am not allowed to reply to your post whereas you are permitted to call me clueless. Oh well!
Saw this place in the middle of town, on a traffic circle.
Looked through the door and saw 2 unattractive skinny ladies sitting at a table chatting. Didn't go in.
Nearby (can be seen from the main road), there was a beauty salon / massage place. Forgot how much in AR but 10 euro was ok. However the young chubby girl that was going to do the massage was eating. The girl at the desk held up 5 fingers as in she'll be done in 5 min. Nah, she wasn't that pretty. Plus the place didn't have air conditioning.
The Airbnb I stayed in last time is sold out during my next trip (early May). I was wondering if anybody here know of a place or had contacts that are renting something out. What I'm looking for are:
1. Private entrance. I love hotel Ylang Ylang. But the walk of shame is bad and they completely shut the building down at some hour in the middle of the night. Not conducive to mongering.
2. Air Conditioning. At least when the electricity is on.
3. On or near the beach somewhere between Ambataloaka and the Tati Cris area. I don't care if it is a 1-200 m walk. And I also don't care much about the view.
4. Doesn't look too third world on the inside. I'm doing facetime calls back to the US and don't want something that looks like I'm in a hostage video.
5. Price. Up to $120 / night. I know this is high. But I'm willing to pay for the convenience if it has what I want.
Nice-to-have - 6. Nice desk and wifi to get work done while I'm there.
If anybody can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. I've scoured Airbnb and come up empty. Worst case scenario, I get a hotel room in a nice location and a fuck shed somewhere. But that would suck.Don't come to NosyBe if you have to work on Internet: power failures will make it obvious that you are not in a civilised place. Let your office stuff at home! If you cannot afford that (because your company pays the ridicolus hotel rates? Then go somewhere else, please.
SouthEaster
03-01-25, 11:14
What is it with you and massage parlours? Just go to Taxi Be after 9 PM, find a girl you, take her back to your room and fuck her. If actual massage is that important to you, well many will be happy to throw that in too. If it's daytime action you are looking for (there isn't much) make an appointment for the next afternoon instead. Not rocket science.
Don't come to NosyBe if you have to work on Internet: power failures will make it obvious that you are not in a civilised place. Let your office stuff at home! If you cannot afford that (because your company pays the ridicolus hotel rates? Then go somewhere else, please.Don't come to Madagascar at all. Even better. Right now a cyclone passed the south west coast of Madagascar. Wrecked the whole coast line. Hit TuléAR hard. Parts of TuléAR look like Venice now. Under water. No power. No Internet. In Mangily the beach was ravaged by high waves. Most beach restaurants are destroyed. 1000's of households are destroyed and under water. After that expect Cholera and Typhoid outbreaks. Another cyclone hit almost simultaneously Reunion and Mauritius. Air traffic is halted. Expect disruptions.
Bienvenue a Madagascar.
La Buse.
What is it with you and massage parlours? Just go to Taxi Be after 9 PM, find a girl you, take her back to your room and fuck her. If actual massage is that important to you, well many will be happy to throw that in too. If it's daytime action you are looking for (there isn't much) make an appointment for the next afternoon instead. Not rocket science.Fear of being robbed in my hotel room.
Don't come to NosyBe if you have to work on Internet: power failures will make it obvious that you are not in a civilised place. Let your office stuff at home! If you cannot afford that (because your company pays the ridicolus hotel rates? Then go somewhere else, please.Mada is not for newbies. If anyone looking for digital nomad stuff, go to Bali or Thailand. Those are the best places to monger if you are into a comfy lifestyle and work life balance. You can find the best infrastructure there. It is built for it. Even Cambordia is up for the task. Somehow mada not the safe heaven or a paradise as some YouTubers hype. Those people try to sell you views or some services. Mada is for for people who can take it and not complain. It isn't right for everyone. Better to remain in Thailand, Bali or PH.
SouthEaster
03-03-25, 11:46
A modicum of precaution will prevent that almost all the time. Let me ask you, do you leave anything about when you go out that any of the staff, particularly cleaners, could lift? If not then you shouldn't have to worry about the hos. They absolutely do not want that kind of attention, bad for business and they don't want cops or hotel receptionists to know they are troublemakers, or thieves.
I have never had a hooker steal anything from me (in Mada!) as far as I know but a couple of years back somewhere between Diego, Tana and Tamatave 50 bucks US went missing. I had actually forgotten and paid no attention (stashed in my bag) until a week to departure and I discovered whoever did it left me 2 dollar bills but had liberated the 50! Almost certainly a staff member. I know it was not a hooker because my stuff is always left in view even from the WC. I was a bit surprised because if I knew earlier and had made an issue of it someone would almost certainly be fired. They do NOT want to lose their jobs.
If you are still worried find a short time room for 5-10 K.
Mada is not for newbies. If anyone looking for digital nomad stuff, go to Bali or Thailand. Those are the best places to monger if you are into a comfy lifestyle and work life balance. You can find the best infrastructure there. It is built for it. Even Cambordia is up for the task. Somehow mada not the safe heaven or a paradise as some YouTubers hype. Those people try to sell you views or some services. Mada is for for people who can take it and not complain. It isn't right for everyone. Better to remain in Thailand, Bali or PH.Good evening,
From Luxembourg, I have worked with a malagasy external consultant based in Antananarivo who, as a digital nomad, frequently works in different cities in Madagascar. Her main prerequisite is to stay in an hotel equipped with a power supply capable of delivering constant voltage output in the event of a power failure.
See her website: https://digitalnomadbytiasy.com/.
Extract:
"I did some digital nomadism in Fort-Dauphin.
If you were asking me which is my favorite place in Madagascar – the ones I visited until now, of course, I cannot talk about what I didn't see, I would choose Fort-Dauphin. I visited that place for the first time in 2018, as an online journalist, for a report trip for Book News Madagascar.
So it seems to be possible to have a mix of fun and work under the sun and near the beach of this this great country we call Madagascar.
Have a good time.
Veloma,
JiPi.
Power was out in Nosy Be for about 6 of my 10 days last year. Fortunately, the Airbnb had battery power that worked for everything by Airconditioning for about half that time. I also had a powerbank for my cell phone and managed to do most of my work on my phone and / or ipad. I spent a few nights at Ylang Ylang when I couldn't stand living without AC. And I recharged everything there.
It's certainly not easy. But it is doable.
Don't come to NosyBe if you have to work on Internet: power failures will make it obvious that you are not in a civilised place. Let your office stuff at home! If you cannot afford that (because your company pays the ridicolus hotel rates? Then go somewhere else, please.
Good evening,
From Luxembourg, I have worked with a malagasy external consultant based in Antananarivo who, as a digital nomad, frequently works in different cities in Madagascar. Her main prerequisite is to stay in an hotel equipped with a power supply capable of delivering constant voltage output in the event of a power failure.
See her website: https://digitalnomadbytiasy.com/.
Extract:
"I did some digital nomadism in Fort-Dauphin.
If you were asking me which is my favorite place in Madagascar the ones I visited until now, of course, I cannot talk about what I didn't see, I would choose Fort-Dauphin. I visited that place for the first time in 2018, as an online journalist, for a report trip for Book News Madagascar.
So it seems to be possible to have a mix of fun and work under the sun and near the beach of this this great country we call Madagascar.
Have a good time.
Veloma,
JiPi.1. I didn't say it's impossible. I said infrastructure in mada is not sufficient. It's not built for it.
2. Most of the digital people are backpackers. They are not into high end hotels.
3. You had to come up with a "new account" just to say that. I don't see you have contributed to the forum.
4. Similar to YouTubers, bloggers use forums such as reddit to promote their blogs as indirect promotional material.
I wonder why the admins allow such forum posting.
Just let the ISG serve it's intended purpose. Try not to make it as porn hub where people post educational videos instead of porn. We have individual takes / views on countries and infrastructure. I am speaking behalf of mongers who visit mada for recreational *ex. I don't think it's suitable for full blown cloud computing or data science work. May be it's good for digital marketing like YouTube and blogs.
Bienenstich
03-23-25, 04:39
For over a month or so this app indrive came to mada. Probably only will be useful in tana and maybe fianarantsoa but still. Don't use taxis enough here to give a review but I used it in other countries and its good cause it lets you set the rate and you can just wait it out in your room until someone accept.
For over a month or so this app indrive came to mada. Probably only will be useful in tana and maybe fianarantsoa but still. Don't use taxis enough here to give a review but I used it in other countries and its good cause it lets you set the rate and you can just wait it out in your room until someone accept.Its good news about indrive if its works properly and has many drivers around but I doubt! I will be at tana on may month and will check it out!
Have watched a few short videos about this place but still unsure what exactly it is. It seems it's only open on Sundays. Is it just a beach side bar or simply a pick up joint? Is there live music and does it serve food? Is it worth a visit?
Jazzy Daddy
04-20-25, 05:36
Have watched a few short videos about this place but still unsure what exactly it is. It seems it's only open on Sundays. Is it just a beach side bar or simply a pick up joint? Is there live music and does it serve food? Is it worth a visit?Locals come from all over to have too much fun on Sunday nights. Decent sized dance floor, great dj music, girls having fun drinking and dancing and looking. The vibe is like Help in Rio during its' heyday.
AttilaTheHun
04-25-25, 10:34
Don't come to Madagascar at all. Even better. Right now a cyclone passed the south west coast of Madagascar. Wrecked the whole coast line. Hit TulAR hard. Parts of TulAR look like Venice now. Under water. No power. No Internet. In Mangily the beach was ravaged by high waves. Most beach restaurants are destroyed. 1000's of households are destroyed and under water. After that expect Cholera and Typhoid outbreaks. Another cyclone hit almost simultaneously Reunion and Mauritius. Air traffic is halted. Expect disruptions.
Bienvenue a Madagascar.
La Buse.https://youtu.be/z95wEIiLzJM?si=DKeO2P8DAcA0SZ_2
SouthEaster
04-26-25, 00:14
That's nice (for you!) but what does it have to do with Neddy's post from 2 months ago? I am pretty sure this is not a new Taxi Be in Tulear, considering it's never had one. I would rather someone in Tulear, right fucking now, could give us an update on the state of the town.
I have been to La Diva Massage in Antsakaviro last week.
That was superb, got a very very nice Massage, the girls are Beauty.
Was a very nice experience, will go again.
AttilaTheHun
04-26-25, 15:57
That's nice (for you!) but what does it have to do with Neddy's post from 2 months ago? I am pretty sure this is not a new Taxi Be in Tulear, considering it's never had one. I would rather someone in Tulear, right fucking now, could give us an update on the state of the town.I just posted the link. It's in Nosy Be by Passive Nomads a YouTuber who lives there with his Malagasy wife.
That's nice (for you!) but what does it have to do with Neddy's post from 2 months ago? I am pretty sure this is not a new Taxi Be in Tulear, considering it's never had one. I would rather someone in Tulear, right fucking now, could give us an update on the state of the town.You have to excuse him. He has no clue. Nosy Be is more than 1000 Kms away from TuléAR. Geography can be a *****.
La Buse.
SouthEaster
04-27-25, 00:57
Have to admit I needed to look it up having never heard of the place. By the looks of it it's a tiny place in the middle of nowhere that takes 12-15 hours on absolute shit transport to get to. I hope there are indeed beauties there, because I can't for the life of me think of any other reason to go! Have fun.
Have to admit I needed to look it up having never heard of the place. By the looks of it it's a tiny place in the middle of nowhere that takes 12-15 hours on absolute shit transport to get to. I hope there are indeed beauties there, because I can't for the life of me think of any other reason to go! Have fun.I think he meant Antsakaviro which is a Fokontany of Antananarivo. Actually quite close to Faravohitra.
On the subject of conditions in TuléAR, I figure things are back to normal from what my contacts tell me.
La Buse.
Sometimes there's more than one place with the same name. Like there's three Dar es Salaams. One in Tanzania one in Stone Town and one in Nosy Be.
Have to admit I needed to look it up having never heard of the place. By the looks of it it's a tiny place in the middle of nowhere that takes 12-15 hours on absolute shit transport to get to. I hope there are indeed beauties there, because I can't for the life of me think of any other reason to go! Have fun.Seems you mixed up something Antsakaviro is a area at tana not need go here 12-15 hours. But anyway his post is useless as La diva massage can't said anything if its not show on google maps or he didint give any directions how to find it or mention the prices for girls and so on. Its same as looking for a needle in a haystack.
Don't come to Madagascar at all. Even better. Right now a cyclone passed the south west coast of Madagascar. Wrecked the whole coast line. Hit TulAR hard. Parts of TulAR look like Venice now. Under water. No power. No Internet. In Mangily the beach was ravaged by high waves. Most beach restaurants are destroyed. 1000's of households are destroyed and under water. After that expect Cholera and Typhoid outbreaks. Another cyclone hit almost simultaneously Reunion and Mauritius. Air traffic is halted. Expect disruptions.
Bienvenue a Madagascar.
La Buse.I have been in Tana for 6 months now. There's nothing going on here for a tourist in a budget hotel. The usual power outs, other than that all has been fine.
Maybe skip the coast but don't hesitate to come to Tana all year long!
Other than that. The whole city 3 million of Antananarivo has NO piped in drinking water since 6 months. Typhoid and Cholera are everywhere. Ask me. I came down with Typhoid fivre. No fun.
La Buse.I once read you caught malaria in Dar as well. But I didn't catch malaria during my 5 month stay in Dar. I've been in West Africa / Mada for almost 3 years and never caught malaria.
I haven't had Typhoid or Cholera these past months in Tana. I haven't had fever at all though I did experience some minor flew symptoms twice for a day a two. I squeeze in the crowded bus regular and have my tongue up everyone throat.
I had some food poisoning in Nairobi from raw bacon from the supermarket, never from street food. I think I might have caught cholera in Lusaka, I was sick for two days, not as bad as the bacon from Nairobi though.
I appreciate the info and warnings but I'd like to insist that Tana is safe to visit for everyone in good health.
Hello,
I'm planning on visiting Tana and Nosy be in June.
Do you have any recommendations of massage salons that would offer a wide array of spinner girls (I like them slim, 18-25 yo), even better if you're able to call and have them come to your airbnb. And their prices??
And. Be: ooh I forgot, since I only creampie, only recommendations from places ok with the practice: no condom attitude.
Feel free to pm too if you have some good contacts.I agree with the others that massage parlours are not really necessary. For the first time in Africa there's more babes on hand than I have cash on Tinder, Glacier, Taxi Be, Manson and the streets.
These I know:
Soft Hands Massage. Near Manson, alley before Belvedere Hotel. Isoraka.
On the road towards Ivato Airport:
4 Charm Spa & Massage / Charm' Spa. Same alley as Flora Hotel.
Another 2 massage parlours in the two alleys after Orchid Hotel heading towards the airport. You'll see the signs by the road next to the alleys. Forgot their names.
Also there is VIP SPA CLUB in Ivandry but it's very expensive. Lot of girls on staff though.
I think Soft Hands has room starting at 60.000 a an hour, Charm Spa 50.000 a and the one's near Orchid 30.000 a. They all have someone on staff I wanted.
You have to negotiate the girls on top of the price for the room. I suppose you can have a blast coming straight from the airport but it's not best buy.
Have fun!
You already sort of already have all my other info so let me add some about the streets of Tana.
After dark you might encounter some very hot street girls on crossing / start of the road going down back to town in front of LE Manson / Restaurant Casa Blue. They're not always there like L'avenue de l'Indépendance but starting at dark, 6 pm to 11 pm maybe you might get very lucky.
L'avenue de l'Indépendance from Glacier until Soarano Train station on both sides of the road. Loads of girls, some young and beautiful.
The whole block around Sole Hotel there's many girls in the dark though never the most beautiful ones. Then again they might beat some of the girls in Glacier not that I didn't find the girl of my dreams several times over there.
As for street food I never see BBQ legs like Kampala and Lusaka to a lesser extend. Dar and Nairobi has them fried. The only thing I like to eat on the streets are ansjovis baguettes. They never made me sick though maybe it's better to score a baguette in Super you. Pain paté starting at 2 k.
Fruits:
The Lychee season was awesome. 5 k for a kilo but is now over.
Big pineapples for 5 k have been plenty for 6 months now.
Passion Fruit 4 k per kilo.
Kaki fruits season is now, they've been plenty for over a month now. They can be as low as 1 k for 4 pieces.
Guave Pears never eat them but want to.
Atemoya I had for the first time here, very good! 3 k for a big one so a little expensive.
Others: Banana, Coconuts, Advocado, Jackfruit, Water Mellons and all kinds of sugar mellons.
Also they sell all kinds of disgusting fruits like Soursop and Baobap fruit, not to mention Breadfruit.
You can buy fruits from the street as long as they're still whole. I don't buy pealed jackfruit, passion fruit bottles or water melon slices.
I can truly say the sushi I had was disgusting and so far all the pizza was bad. Lusaka is better for dinner dates, so is Harare.
I walk around city center until about 00 h00 and feel safe, no problems. 10 k for a short cab ride with your girl!
Taxi Moto guide:
Maybe 7 k up to 2 km.
10 k up to 3 km.
15 k up to 5 km.
20 k can go a long way.
Yeah that's expensive. Dar and Kampala are only 0. 25 USD per km. This is even more than Nairobi.
I have been to La Diva Massage in Antsakaviro last week.
That was superb, got a very very nice Massage, the girls are Beauty.
Was a very nice experience, will go again.I'm here and I would like to visit. I'm pretty well around Antsakaviro because my first hotel was near there.
I don't know the place, can you name a landmark like a hotel or street nearby please?
Thanks.
Have to admit I needed to look it up having never heard of the place. By the looks of it it's a tiny place in the middle of nowhere that takes 12-15 hours on absolute shit transport to get to. I hope there are indeed beauties there, because I can't for the life of me think of any other reason to go! Have fun.We are talking about Antsakaviro, the neighbourhood in Tana, next to Ankadivato right?
Is there some town called Antsakaviro as well?
Anyway if it's in Tana I'd like to know near which hotel or street the massage is.
Have to admit I needed to look it up having never heard of the place. By the looks of it it's a tiny place in the middle of nowhere that takes 12-15 hours on absolute shit transport to get to. I hope there are indeed beauties there, because I can't for the life of me think of any other reason to go! Have fun.I read this post about La Diva Massage in Antsakaviro. I then did a search myself, but I couldn't find La Diva Massage online or on Google Maps.
Where can you find massage parlors in Tana?
I've visited Asia Massage myself.
It's located at 3 GWF+84 W Antananarivo, Madagascar, down near Analakely.
Relatively large building, easy to find.
Usually 5 to 10 girls inside, also available at lunchtime.
Prices: around 50 k for the massage, 50 k extra if interested.
The rooms are okay, service is fairly direct, but the entrance is very open – you're clearly seen when you enter.
Back then, I also found information about Massage Rue de Russie.
Small entrance, somewhere on the right when coming from Manson / Sakamanga.
I was in Tana 2-3 years ago, but couldn't find it despite an intensive search.
The taxi drivers I asked couldn't really help either. Perhaps it was too hidden or no longer open.
How do I get the information?
That's nice (for you!) but what does it have to do with Neddy's post from 2 months ago? I am pretty sure this is not a new Taxi Be in Tulear, considering it's never had one. I would rather someone in Tulear, right fucking now, could give us an update on the state of the town.This is what I have been trying to inform. What does this forum has to do with unrelated social media and personal blog links.
Hello mates.
La Diva Massage is a new MP in Antsakaviro.
It's found on the first floor of J by feeling karaoke.
Pm if you want to know the exact location and phone number.
Thank you mates.
Hey boys, I was checking out which country to visit next. Madagascar popped up in my feed and looked interesting. I'm going to be going through the thread and seeing if I can find my answer but would love an updated direct answer as well.
Is Madagascar worth visiting for my needs? I don't speak French. I prefer a single companion for my initial trip who acts as a sort of tour guide to the place, but obviously takes care of me as well. Usually Badoo covers girls like this for me in countries I visit. I tell them I'm only looking for something casual and to show me around, they agree, I usually cover the trip and give them a nice non agreed sum for their troubles. All I have seen from Madagascar are the baobabs which I would like to visit / picture. Maybe some landscape stuff. But definitely end up by the beach. Is nosy Be the best place for this? Would you recommend finding a girl on Badoo in Antananarivo to show me around for 2 weeks or so? Obviously traveling with me cross country. I don't want to be stuck in the capital. Or should I search some other city for the girls of my requirements? Any suggestions on what would be a good amount for her? Thanks!
I tend to do it this way because its my first time in the country and prefer local girls showing me around rather than me running through the troubles. At the end of the day I'm on a holiday and ID rather not care which restaurant I'm eating at next. Obviously if I find the experience with the girls + the country, I'll be back and explore the local scene. Thanks.
AttilaTheHun
04-30-25, 22:17
This is what I have been trying to inform. What does this forum has to do with unrelated social media and personal blog links.I admit I messed up / mixed up the geography. But as far as "unrelated" media concerns. The YouTuber in question is the only (English speaking) one who is covering the night-life in Nosy Bee. Any rookie monger who is interested in Mada may get something out of it. I haven't been to Mada, but it's on my bucket list. There is not much info out there on the web to show the night-life that we are all (on this forum) are interested about. Just for the record, I don't know the YouTuber, and I'm not in any way helping him.
I admit I messed up / mixed up the geography. But as far as "unrelated" media concerns. The YouTuber in question is the only (English speaking) one who is covering the night-life in Nosy Bee. Any rookie monger who is interested in Mada may get something out of it. I haven't been to Mada, but it's on my bucket list. There is not much info out there on the web to show the night-life that we are all (on this forum) are interested about. Just for the record, I don't know the YouTuber, and I'm not in any way helping him.Bloke is promoting his own accommodations and turning the place to a Thailand. Thailand used to be like Mada in 1970-1990. He is not there to help anyone but for himself. He is a foreign property investor. The worst kind. As cocky as he can get, he ain't showing his face. Same thing went on with Bali. Most of property blokes married to Bali women intending to own land. Same shit different place.
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