After missing our connection in Paris-CDG we landed in Antananarivo (Tana if you are hip) on Monday at 4h50AM. This is one crazy place... On the day of our arrival we had an appointment with the minister of education and research. Because our luggage had been lost, we showed up in flip-flops and sweat pants at the ministry: "yo, we are from California and we are here to talk about biodiversity, dude-excellence" First impressions really do count! None of this crazy "computerized-tracking" of your bags around here. Instead, your request is entered in a nice large binder and you then conveniently show up for every flight landing in Tana and look for your luggage in the caroussel. It took us a mere 3 rides to the airport to find our bags (well, Shveta only got the contents of her bag as it had been compacted for easier transport, but I digress). After a new entry in the large binder, we were really looking forward to change clothes for the first time in 4 days.
On a less enjoyable note: after going out for dinner on our first day, I have spent the last 18 hours in my bed trying to hold some liquid in my body. Advice to future travelers: order your Zebu-filet "well done"...
I am hoping to get out of bed today, so look out for some cool critter pictures.
cedric
PS: my internet access is steam powered, so it may take a couple of days until I figure out how to upload more pix.
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