by eliasc64 | Oct 13, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Madagascar Trip 2013
I had read a lot about the Fianarantsoa–Côte Est train, FCE for short. Theoretically it leaves at 7am for a 7-12 hours journey to Manakara through a narrow corridor of jungle vegetation, plantations and waterfalls. The poorly maintained line was built in the 1930s and...
by eliasc64 | Oct 11, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Madagascar Trip 2013
We left at 7:30am to visit the Ranomafana rain forest park, about 6km from our hotel. We did a four hour trek, through dense vegetation and steep ascents and descents. It was very humid and the weight of my photo bag made the trek a challenging task. We saw in total 6...
