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V – Madagascar
I have finally come back to my beloved Madagascar after a long time. It was a short trip to renew all our contacts and visit some new localities. I was accompanied by my friend Jurek.
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Madagascar, the area we visited is marked. Google maps.
View to Alps from the airplane`s window. T. Praszkier photo.
Mount Kilimanjaro! T. Praszkier photo.
Mount Kilimanjaro! T. Praszkier photo.
We landed in the capital - Antananarivo. T. Praszkier photo.
One of the first things when you travel is to exchange money. On Madagscar you can be sure that you will have the whole bag of money! Their most valuable bill is worth about 4$! T. Praszkier photo.
We visited the "factory" of polished minerals in Antananarivo. T. Praszkier photo.
Polishing labradorite is a hard work. T. Praszkier photo.
Septaria eggs and balls in preparation. T. Praszkier photo.
The final products. T. Praszkier photo.
Our next point was Antsirabe. T. Praszkier photo.
Driving to Antsirabe. T. Praszkier photo.
Mineral and gem market in Antsirabe. T. Praszkier photo.
One of the shops with an interesting painture. T. Praszkier photo.
Would you like some garnets ? T. Praszkier photo.
Or quartz? T. Praszkier photo.
Or maybe an enormous columbite? T. Praszkier photo.
We found new spinels that came out from the corundum mines near Ihosy. T. Praszkier photo.
Antsirabe is the capital of cutstones. T. Praszkier photo.
Quartz with inclusions. T. Praszkier photo.
Gem green tourmaline with pink cap from Sahatany Valley, 5.5 cm high. T. Praszkier photo.
Tourmaline on quartz from Sahatany Valley, 4.5 cm high. T. Praszkier photo.
We spent one day on the market in Mahaiza. T. Praszkier photo.
Driving to Mahaiza. Volcanic cones in the background. T. Praszkier photo.
Crowds going to the market. T. Praszkier photo.
White people, run! T. Praszkier photo.
Big selection of plastic sandals and flip-flops. T. Praszkier photo.
Crowds on the market. T. Praszkier photo.
Buying traditional baskets made of raphia. T. Praszkier photo.
Soap made from cow`s suet in the foreground, a bath must be lovely. T. Praszkier photo.
Soldering broken umbrelas, dishes and everything else. T. Praszkier photo.
Clothes... a lot of clothes! T. Praszkier photo.
Jurek very happy with his new hat. T. Praszkier photo.
You can also find fancy dresses on the market. T. Praszkier photo.
There are restaurants too. T. Praszkier photo.
But we looked for the minerals, here quartz scepter. T. Praszkier photo.
And the whole market looked at us. T. Praszkier photo.
Huge quartz crystal. T. Praszkier photo.
We came back to Antananarivo and flew to Tulear from where we drove to Sarondrano. T. Praszkier photo.
Sarondrano is located at the end of a peninsula, on sandy dunes. T. Praszkier photo.
Our "hotel" in Sarondrano. T. Praszkier photo.
Our "hotel" in Sarondrano. T. Praszkier photo.
By building small catamarans` models the kids learn how to make the real ones when they grow up. T. Praszkier photo.
By building small catamarans` models the kids learn how to make the real ones when they grow up. T. Praszkier photo.
Full-size boat. T. Praszkier photo.
We made a trip to the cave. T. Praszkier photo.
We arrived... T. Praszkier photo.
... and spent some great time in this miraculous place - small lake in the cave! T. Praszkier photo.
Incredible color of the water. T. Praszkier photo.
Incredible color of the water. T. Praszkier photo.
And we are back to our bungalows. T. Praszkier photo.
Jurek collected many shells. T. Praszkier photo.
Walking on the beach of the fishermen`s village. T. Praszkier photo.
Walking on the beach of the fishermen`s village. T. Praszkier photo.
Walking on the beach of the fishermen`s village. T. Praszkier photo.
Walking on the beach of the fishermen`s village. T. Praszkier photo.
Sunset in Sarondrano. T. Praszkier photo.
Sunrise - fishermen are preparing their boats. T. Praszkier photo.
Sunrise - fishermen are preparing their boats. T. Praszkier photo.
Time to go to work. T. Praszkier photo.
Kids having fun - look, look - white people, what an attarcion! :-) T. Praszkier photo.
Kids having fun - look, look - white people, what an attarcion! :-) T. Praszkier photo.
Kids having fun - look, look - white people, what an attarcion! :-) T. Praszkier photo.
Suddenly all fishermen start to run, they paddled like crazy... T. Praszkier photo.
... and all other residents of the village observed. T. Praszkier photo.
We were quite surprised what was going on - It turned out that a big shoal of future-anchois
Anchois are expensive so everyone went to fish! There was a real anchois rush. T. Praszkier photo.
Anchois are expensive so everyone went to fish! There was a real anchois rush. T. Praszkier photo.
Anchois are expensive so everyone went to fish! There was a real anchois rush. T. Praszkier photo.
From Sarondrano we sailed to Anakao. T. Praszkier photo.
From Sarondrano we sailed to Anakao, the "road" is quite busy there. T. Praszkier photo.
Anakao. T. Praszkier photo.
Tony and Noro having a romantic walk in Anakao. T. Praszkier photo.
Good place to rest. T. Praszkier photo.
Good place to rest. T. Praszkier photo.
Anakao. T. Praszkier photo.
Endemic succulent plants Euphorbia, around Anakao. T. Praszkier photo.
Endemic succulent plants Euphorbia, around Anakao. T. Praszkier photo.
From Anakao we drove to Ampanihy by the National Road no 10. T. Praszkier photo.
Typical buildings of the Southern Madagascar. T. Praszkier photo.
First baobas. T. Praszkier photo.
And first lemurs - famous Ring-tailed lemurs. T. Praszkier photo.
Ring-tailed lemurs watching us. T. Praszkier photo.
Ring-tailed lemurs on the cactus. T. Praszkier photo.
Ring-tailed lemurs on the cactus. T. Praszkier photo.
Ring-tailed lemurs on the cactus. T. Praszkier photo.
On the National Road no 10 - this is highest rank road. T. Praszkier photo.
Spears are very common in Southern Madagascar. It was the first time for Jurek to see a "real" spear. T. Praszkier photo.
Strollers. T. Praszkier photo.
Tribes leaving in Southern Madagascar build incredible graves - one tomb is for only one person! T. Praszkier photo.
Wooden carvings and zebu skulls adorning the grave. T. Praszkier photo.
Zebu walking through the savanna. T. Praszkier photo.
Aloe forest. T. Praszkier photo.
Colorful tomb. T. Praszkier photo.
Wooden carvings and zebu skulls adorning the grave. T. Praszkier photo.
Old wooden carvings, note the wrestlers. T. Praszkier photo.
Another unusual plants - Didiereaceae. T. Praszkier photo.
Didiereaceae forest. T. Praszkier photo.
Small town on our way. T. Praszkier photo.
Small town on our way. T. Praszkier photo.
Taxi-brousse - 4x4 long-distance public transport. T. Praszkier photo.
On the streets of the town. T. Praszkier photo.
Finally we arrived to Ampanihy. T. Praszkier photo.
Souvenirs` sellers already waited for us. T. Praszkier photo.
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