Madagascar day 18: Antsirabe.

Submitted by maria on Tue, 26/09/2017 - 21:00

We get up and go to the Café Mirana for breakfast, the croissants are warm and good. But no better than Tana's on the first day.

 

Antsirabe

Antsirabe

 

 

We decide to rest from so much transportation and dedicate the day to visit the city.

We visit the post office, the train station, which is closed but still standing, where we practice driving. This avenue with the station at one end and the spa at the other is the most French of the city.

 

Playing petang Antsirabe

Playing petang Antsirabe

 

Near the spa there is a lake and its surroundings are hard. The smells are very strong and the people live in bad conditions. The big cities are the ones that show more inequalities and the poverty and misery is more pronounced. Your soul shrinks when you sit in a park and eat a piece of cheese with bread and when you turn around some children are picking up the crumbs that have just fallen.

 

Sabotsy market

Sabotsy market

 

We see a bigger market than yesterday's, Sabotsy market. Salted fish, meat, live animals, furniture, baskets. Everything. What a feast of colours and smells.

In the afternoon we visit the surroundings of our neighborhood.

 

We have dinner in a japanese restaurant Myzen Ramen near the market.

 

Breakfast: Café Mirana 19.800 Ar. 3 pax.

Lunch: Restaurant Razafiramamonjy 38.000 Ar. 3 pax. (Cantonese rice, steak with potatoes and special Chinese soup)

Dinner: Japanese restaurant Myzen Ramen 37.000 Ar. (Beef kebabs (teriyaki) and ramen Tokyo). All good.

Accommodation: Hasina Hotel 60.000 Ar. Room 3 pax.