Susanne in Madagascar

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Dear Gerard

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We don't get a lot of entertainment here in Tana. There's no movie theater, no opera house, there are no international sports matche...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Humor on the Street

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In Dutch we have the saying: de humor ligt op straat, or the humor is lying on the street. This is very true, even  in Antananarivo where ov...
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Piggy Bank

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Today I went on a little field trip and learned something really interesting. The trip was to see some land that will be used for planting c...
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Monday, May 16, 2011

Taking the Dead for a Little Dance

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I have lived abroad long enough to know there are many ways to deal with death and the dead. I know first hand that our values and funeral c...
Monday, May 2, 2011

Zoo in the Belly

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Did I ever mention that you can eat very well, here in Tana? Coming from Belize where the national dish was rice and beans, and beans and ri...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Karma -Chameleon!

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Travel in Madagascar, the country of lemurs and chameleons, and you will end up singing "I like to move it, move it", or "Kar...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Weltschmerz

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Maybe it's a first sign of a mid-life crisis, or just an expat-dip. Or for those who believe in numerology, could it be  because I just ...
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Wild and Foolish

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Some stories are just impossible to invent. The truth can be more incredible than be the most fantastic fiction. And more horrifying than a...
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Friday, March 11, 2011

International Ladies Night in Tana

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On the occasion of the 100th international women's day on March 8, I hosted a girls nite...with all the different nationalities I'v...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Long Live FB

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Thank you my little friends: Aida, Ivani and Soleine Years ago I went to Senegal on a hot date (...). I was living in Trinidad, happened...
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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Shoo...Shoe!

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Hmmm, the whole week I've been thinking what to blog about. Maybe about a new World Bank report I  received in my inbox, putting figures...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

Growing Rice for Dummies

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The people in Madagascar eat incredible amounts of rice each day, for breakfast, lunch and dinner that is. With an average consumption of up...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

How to Add Seven Years to Your Life in Madagascar

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We've been here for over 6 months now, and  for the most I have good experiences. Apart from one... which  really exhausts me sometimes....
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Ocean...Enfin!

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Madagascar is an island but so far I never once felt being surrounded by oceans. Until we went on a Christmas holiday to Nosy Be, local lang...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Why Is This TV Turned Off?

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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...
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Monday, December 6, 2010

Keeping in Touch with the Dutch

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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...
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