Still August 2007
Sunday again so everything is a bit off! No taxi-brousse till the afternoon,
so we managed to take a taxi to the next biggest town to have a better chance
there. Not so, another 4hour wait in a dodgy Saphir mining town waiting for
the bus to leave (for 3 hours we were the only 4 out of 18 on the list!). So
close yet so far. A day in transit to add to all the others. More people
were crammed in this taxi-brousse than ever and the road blocks were
sufficiently paid off en route. We could see the sea as we were nearing
Tulear, but arrived in the dark. Tulear is out of power again. We stayed at
our second choice hotel based on electricity power and then headed straight
out for dinner at Le Jardin for pizza, hmmmmmmmmmm. The favourite restaurant‘Cortez Maltese’ does not open on Sundays (of course).
Monday: a run around day, collect snacks, organize flights, meet and greet
the new volunteers, arrange transport etc. Have dinner at ‘Cortez Maltese’
fave zebu steak with a camembert sauce, and chocolate mousse! Pousse Pousse
around town all night to find a place that will serve me pizza so I can take
it back to site for the staff in Andavadoaka.
Tuesday 14th 6am. Camion and 4x4 now all full of eager volunteers ready to
start the 12hours journey to Andavadoaka.
……………….The Holiday is Over. Back to Work……………………
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