by eliasc64 | Oct 14, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Madagascar Trip 2013
After the long train journey, it was good to sleep for a couple of hours longer than usual. We had arranged for a boat tour in the Canal des Pangalanes. The Canal was built by the French on the turn of the 20th century and connects a large number of natural lakes and...
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...
