A short blog today since we haven’t that
much to tell since we are just doing nothing and chilling at pools and beaches! :)
During our last week of work in Anivorano,
we have been helping Krushi and Alethiea with finishing the maternity and
delivery room. They made really nice drawings on the wall. It looks so much
lighter and more colorfull then it used to. The midwives and the other staff are
all very pleased with the result. We also had to say goodbye to Presley, the
coordinator, and the other volunteers. We are gonna miss them, after 4 weeks of
hard work together. 
We have been teaching English in a
secondary school. We gave two lessons about subjects such as malnutrition,
AIDS, sport, smoking, khat and alcohol. The pupils were about 16y old. Most of
the Malagasy people don’t speak any word of English, so the level isn’t really
high, that’s understandable, since French is their second language. Their
lessons (except of Malagasy and English) are all given in French. There were
some really motivated students, who were really trying hard to learn English.
It was so much fun to give the lessons since they were really interested.
On Saturday, we left for NOSY BE! Nosy Be
is an Island in the West coast, which is THE holiday destination of Madagascar.
We left at 5am to Ankify, where we took a boot to Nosy Be. After a half hour
taxi drive, we reached our destination: Andilana! We have been staying in a
nice bungalow, 2 minutes from the beach. About that beach, the most beautiful
one we’ve ever seen! White sand, palm trees, turquoise see, islands,.. And the
best of all: almost no people! Except of a few bungalows, there is only one big
hotel in the neighbourhood. We also ate a lot of fish and see fruits, all
delicious (and cheap).
Today we moved to the Grand Blue hotel
which is a lot more luxurious than our last bungalows. There’s a really nice
pool and a whirlpool, the pictures are self-explanatory. We enjoyed again our
whole day while doing nothing besides moving from the shade to the sun and
back. Now we’re off to go out for dinner (3th time this day) and well spend or
evening drinking cocktails at the hotel bar.
See you! (Although we might consider to
stay at this place, of course you can come and visit us!)
Alex and Renée
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