This is across at
my other blog, but thought it appropriate to post here too...
Tana - unchanging, beautiful, full of life. Yesterday I took a short trip downtown - but a trip that one thinks very carefully about before embarking on. One has but a small window of opportunity for such a considerable journey - the roads are congested from early morning until about 9.30am, then from 12 - 2pm (when the majority of businesses close for lunch), and again from around 4pm as people start heading home. But how good it is to experience the vibrancy of the city for one last time. I knew that I was home when a wooden cupboard overtook us on a side road (sure, it was on a cart, being pushed by three skinny Malagasies, but where else in the world would that happen?) Enjoy some of the photos - mostly taken from the car while zipping along at walking speed.
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| Waiting, waiting, waiting for the bus ... |
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| One of the typical carts on Tana's roads - absolutely back-breaking work ... |
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| Fruit, fruit, plenty of fruit (stalls)... |
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| A typical Tana vista close to the Digue market |
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| Avocado? Oh, advocate (and family laundry, it seems) |
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| A family outing? From the back we could see only four people on the scooter. But no, that just wouldn't be Tana ... |
Hi Robin, thanks for sharing these, I truly enjoyed the visit. :)
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