Guess: Why is This TV off?  A. We’re  participating in ‘No TV week’ B. We’re saving energy by watching on odd days only C. A cockroach fa...

Everywhere in the world you can find Dutch people - whether you like it or not - traveling is in our blood. In Madagascar there is a small c...

Being Dutch, Thanksgiving does not mean anything to me. But when my American friend Shannon McAfee said she'd organize a Thanksgiving lu...

Today I have discovered the best way to talk yourself into someone’s bedroom! Just kidding, or… not really. I just completed my first field ...

It's done. For the first time ever in my life I stocked up on food. Well, that is to say: I bought items that I don't immediately ne...

Here's another article by my guest writer.  The majority of visitors to the region of  Madagascar  come here solely to see one of the...

The interim government in Madagascar is organizing a constitutional referendum next week. I believe this is a step in the right direction, a...

The French influences in Madagascar are obvious and omnipotent. Of course they ruled for many years, and still today there are at least 15,0...

After my succesful pinhata story two weeks ago, I thought I'd continue with my mission to introduce foreign objects in Madagascar. The A...

The city of Tana is actually one big market. Wherever you go, you'll find stalls, vendors, sellers, you name it. You can find anything a...

By: Charlotte Cook, guest-writer I received a request from a writer to post on my blog. No problem, I said, and here's the article. I ag...

With our stuff arriving last week, came a real pinhata made in Mexico (I believe). Our good friend Margarita Mena, party queen of Belmopan, ...

One thing worth mentioning...when we received our stuff, I immediately started attacking the boxes with a kitchen knife, ripping off pieces ...

...Oh yes! It happened...finally! Last night, at 1.30 AM, Michel (thank God not me) received a phone call. A truck driver, speaking in lou...

My two visitors from last week remarked that we are living quite a privileged life. This made me think, and of course I came to the conclusi...

This week I had a visit of two retired biology teachers from my country. They made an old dream come true with their trip to Madagascar. Thi...

..the moment I waited so long for, is here. Mid-September. The change of season is obvious: no more need to light the fireplace in the eveni...