Photos of My Amazing Madagascar Adventures: People and Places

The text is in a post above, the lemur photos in a post below, and here is one batch of photos of people and places....

From rivers in the rainforest in the central highlands...

... to rice growing in the city...

... and sunsets over the Indian Ocean in the west, Madagascar is a country of contrasts.

In the east, people live in two or three storey houses

Some plain, some painted

In little villages perched on the hillsides

Flat land and terraces are given over to cultivation

Preparing to plant rice seedlings - the cattle break down the clods of soil

While the women harvest the seedlings from the nursery to be planted out

Flat land in the capital city, Antananarivo, is used for growing rice and other crops

And the houses are all on the hillsides, even in town

Zebu cattle form the basis of agricultural wealth in the south

And provide much of the pulling power...

...here we are, off to the beach resort of Anakoa!

And this is where we stayed on Anakoa

Idyllic, except for the spines on the veg!

The locals heading out to fish

The local market at Camp Robin, colourful and vibrant

Selling dried fish

And fruit

Pick out the tall tourists on the street!

A stall selling raffia on the side of the road - beautiful crafts!

And a roadside stall on a street in Tana, selling vegetables

Very typical street-side stall in Tana, this one selling fried food

But I am not sure what these dudes are selling!

Sorry this is a bit blurry, but I wanted to capture the chickens for sale as the bus drove past!

A poissonnerie selling fish...

and a Teeshirterie selling teeshirts!!!

And please ignore the weird comment to the left - I can't seem to delete it!

No boot too small for transporting furniture!