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The Best Travel Writing About Madagascar

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Articles about Madagascar

  • Magnificent Madagascar | Leo Bear | Madagascar | Northwest Madagascar
    "“Wow, Madagascar. I’ve always wanted to go there,” says the pharmacist as he hands my anti malaria tablets over the counter; the other people in the queue are nodding in agreement. This is a typical reaction. It seems everyone has Madagascar on..."
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  • Exploring the Perfume Island | Rosanne Turner | Madagascar
    "Suddenly Jean-Pierre stopped still in his tracks, and with an air of arrogance announced, “If it wasn’t for me, you would all be dead!”  Coming from Africa, and knowing that Madagascar didn’t have much to offer in the way of large..."
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  • Madagascar – The Island Continent | Mark Eveleigh | Madagascar
    "Culture shock comes quickly in Madagascar. Even as the plane banks over the red clay houses and emerald paddy fields on the outskirts of Antananarivo you scan for an image that will confirm your arrival in Africa. A dilapidated Citroen taxi..."
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  • Mythical Creatures of Madagascar | Mark Eveleigh | Madagascar
    "Like the ocean-bound laboratory of some mad scientist, Madagascar is inhabited by many weird and wonderful species that would be considered impossible anywhere else. Giant cockroaches hiss like snakes, and lizards scream like..."
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  • Journey into the Red Zone | Mark Eveleigh | Madagascar
    "“Fifteen of them,” nodded the old hunter, “hiding by the river - waiting for somebody.” He shrugged his wiry shoulders with the nonchalance of a man who had seen more than his share of bush bandits. Besides, there was..."
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  • Madagascar | Arnie Wilson | Madagascar
    "As I strolled beneath a Jacaranda tree in glorious purple bloom, the big battered Mitsubishi bus mounted the pavement and headed straight for me. Was I about to beome one of Madacascar’s many threatened species, squashed with as little..."
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  • Madagascar: Lost Palace of the Tana | Richard Newton | Madagascar
    "Antananarivo (call it Tana if you prefer) is used to restless nights. Freshly arrived, I struggled to sleep in a hotel room overlooking Avenue de l’Indépendence. Time and again I was roused by muggings on the pavement outside. Come..."
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  • Madagascar | Nigel Tisdall | Madagascar
    "I am searching for an indri. It is up there in the treetops, somewhere... It is bathing in the morning sun, loafing like a lord in the canopy of the dense, damp rainforest that covers the eastern slopes of Madagascar. On an island world-famous..."
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