One of the most frequently used expression in daily life in Malagasy is: Inona Vao Vao (pronounce: Enoona Vavao?) Literally this mean: Ho...

Just a few days ago, Cyclone Haruna swept by on the West coast of Madagascar. This is very unusual, most cyclones, hurricanes, and tropical...

Had to try it out.... After my adventure at the silk worm farm, I visited the Cyclo Pousse Project in Anstirabe, another UNDP  project....

Madagascar is a country that will never cease to amaze me. I believe that after two and half years, I may have discovered 2% of all the sec...

A little while ago I wrote about the bush fires that 'destroyed' some of the Allee the Baobab, one of Madagascar's fantastic na...

As a language lover, I am always delighted to find foreign words in a language. Of course there are quite a few French words in the Malaga...

Yonder See the Steamboat Coming (free translation :-). Every year millions of Dutch children are singing this traditional Dutch Saint Nic...

Bush fires are a huge problem in Madagascar. People have all kinds of reasons to set fire to land: to clear it for agriculture, to burn use...

A Belgian guy asked me once: Susanne, do you know why carrots are orange ? He insisted that I, especially should know the answer to this q...

Red dresses under violet tree "Purple rain...purple rain"...this Prince song has suddenly gotten new meaning for me. Also, a ...

It never ceases to amaze me how long words are in Malagasy language. Take the names of places. If you want to be able to read a village nam...

The social enterprise Tough Stuff produces solar powered solutions for those who live without electricity. In Madagascar that means 90% o...

Olivier, especially for you...more bugs I photographed in Madagascar. Any ideas? Hey handsome...with you pretty colors! I f...