Creeping Through the Jungle

Written 16/7/18 Our cook is a truly talented man. If you thought our shopping sounded boring, well so did we! In addition to what we had acquired we gave Mene 20,000Ar (€5) and I think all he bought was the extra rice, some beans, candles, cooking oil and soap. So we were not expecting a…

Stepping out of a Painting

Written 16/7/18 Jono has mentioned several times that it feels like we have stepped out of a painting of 19th century Europe. He mentioned this as we sat at our lunchtime cafe near Antsirabe looking out over the fields at so many people working. The feeling of being the rich aristocrat really hits me sitting…