After a short tour of Antsirabe where Imogen wasn't too happy to walk through the crowds of Malagasy people we headed south towards Ranomafarna. It amazes us how we think we are in the middle of nowhere but if the car stops at least 10 children appears asking for Bon Bons! The children are so dirty but are always smiling and happy. Heading through a small village we came across an exhumation where apparently it would have been very rude not to enter the hosts hou...

So the poor children of Madagascar will not be enjoying a water fight - the miserable check in girl just said no and that was it! A long journey but we arrived safely at our hotel in Antananarivo at about 1am! Not much sleep with the creaky floor above us but a nice breakfast started our day off well. Charly (or Haja) our driver/guide picked us up on time (unusual in Madagascar apparently) and we headed out of town for the trip south to Antsirabe. Lots of phot...