Antananarivo is the capital city of Madagascar. Because this name is so long, the Malagasi people usually shorten it to Tana when they are talking, which is much easier to say. We spent two nights and one full day in Tana, and got to do many fun things. We visited the local market, which was very similar to Oweno (I have posted on that market before). The main differences from this open-air market to Oweno are the prices. Everything is incredibly cheaper, and often of better quality. The currency of Madagascar is the Ariary, and has almost the equivilant value of the Ugandan Schilling. We also explored the city in search for a good restaurant, and the one that we finally decided on was delicious. It was an owned by a very nice Indian man, and there was excellent Indian food. With regards to cuisine, Madagascar is known for Indian food and seafood. Madagascar was a French colony, so its official language is French. Because the tourism industry from the United States is Madagascar's largest income source, English is also becoming an official language of Madagascar. However, only about 25 percent of the people that we met could speak broken English or better. Therefore, everyone in the family had to use their French to get what they wanted. We all could get by with our French, but after our first word, everyone could tell that we were not French.
This picture shows the restaurant owned by the "hotel" that we stayed at.
Sorry for the major delay. School has been killer! SO MUCH WORK!!!
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Another exciting adventure for the Campbell's in Uganda. I can't imagine how you are all going to come home to the normal routines of everyday life here again. Our big adventure this year was a trip to Denver, Colorado for Thanksgiving. It was cold and we had two days of very heavy snow, but it was beautiful. One day I went with the family up into the mts. where they were going to cut down a Christmas tree. When I arrived at the site for the search the "hill" looked like the Swiss Alps to me. With lots of help I made it to a certain point where they were going to search for the perfect tree. However, I wisely decided not to press on further into the land of the Abominable Snowman and with help made it back to the truck to await the great white hunters return. I was warm with a blanket and my book. It was fun though and the tree was a beauty. Love reading about your adventures - I bet you hate to see your time there end.
Love Aunt Eileen
My first observation is that they don't create streets in straight lines.
We could use some of that sunshine right now. It was 15 F when
I got up this morning and it's expected to stay cold the next week or so.
Yuka > Pat looked everywhere in Disney for the Sheriff with no luck. Seems that they only make a limited amount of that car. You know that she will keep on looking. 2 more months to March Madness and some warm weather. How are you guys doing with the sports. Any b'ball?
g'pops
currently, im trying out for the high school bball team, which travels throughout East Africa
and your observation of the roads is very true. all of the roads are curved. my reasoning for this is that the curves slow drivers down, instead of using speed bumps...not very good for people who easily get carsick though (like JT)
the next post on the next segment of our adventure is coming soon
tmoney--
Nice post. I think it's time to get out the other photos-- lemurs, frogs, chameleons, beach. Nice to hear from our regular blog goers--gpops and (Aunt) Eileen R. Keep the posts and comments coming.
Next trip for tmoney and jdc is Joberg for the bball tourney.
jdc
TC - congrats on making the team - very impressive. How did Joberg go?
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