Susanne in Madagascar

Everything You Never Knew You Wanted to Know About Madagascar....

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Inona Vao Vao

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One of the most frequently used expression in daily life in Malagasy is: Inona Vao Vao (pronounce: Enoona Vavao?) Literally this mean: Ho...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Blowing in the Wind...

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Just a few days ago, Cyclone Haruna swept by on the West coast of Madagascar. This is very unusual, most cyclones, hurricanes, and tropical...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

Cyclo Pousse

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Had to try it out.... After my adventure at the silk worm farm, I visited the Cyclo Pousse Project in Anstirabe, another UNDP  project....
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

For kings and dead people - but what has Rumpelstiltskin have to do with it?

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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...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Baobabs unharmed

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A little while ago I wrote about the bush fires that 'destroyed' some of the Allee the Baobab, one of Madagascar's fantastic na...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Tratra Ny Krismasy

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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...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Zie ginds komt de stoomboot...

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Yonder See the Steamboat Coming (free translation :-). Every year millions of Dutch children are singing this traditional Dutch Saint Nic...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Baobabs on Fire!!

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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...
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Sunday, November 18, 2012

What do you mean, carrots are orange?

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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...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Crying Trees

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Red dresses under violet tree "Purple rain...purple rain"...this Prince song has suddenly gotten new meaning for me. Also, a ...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

A lot of letters

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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...
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Monday, October 1, 2012

Tough Stuff

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The social enterprise Tough Stuff produces solar powered solutions for those who live without electricity. In Madagascar that means 90% o...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

More strange creatures

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