Day 15

 It was our last full day in Madagascar. Spent the day walking around the downtown and preparing foe the long travel home.

Sunrise from hotel window

Art in the hotel restaurant 

Walking in the city

Local dogs

Gret name for the store!

Hotel room

In the chaos of traffic, there are still rules.

Then we headed for a dinner at Korean Barbeque Madagascar. Wonderful, authentic food! New thing that we tested was the zebu hump. Like cow bacon! 

Fish

Mutton and chicken

Zebu hump

And finally after eating back to the hotel for rest. 

Day 14

 It was time to leave Tamatave behind with our guide and driver from Mada Tours.  The journey ahead was to be long, so we headed out early.

Sun rising in horizon

We loaded the car and hit the road. 

After a while of driving we stopped for breakfast. In Malagasy, hotely means either a hotel or a roadside restaurant. 

Coffee, rice and fried egg cost less than 3 euros for three

Hibiscus 

And on the road again, long way to go. Some pics next.

Brickaville. Oir guide told that during cyclone every few years all the apartments at the river get washed away, people still come and build them again

Old, destroyed bridge of brickaville

Jackfruit

Still long road ahead 

Truck full of bananas ended up being another victim of Madagascar roads

Then it was time to make a pitstop and enjoy some lunch, at the same good restaurant (La Terraise Marie Lodge) again. 

Poinsettia

Romazava

And then again back on the road. Sadly a short while later the breaks from car began making some noise, so we had to do a pitstop to have them fixed. So i took few pics of the local art on the walls.

And after we hit the road, traffi  was getting bit heavier and a lot of trucks were driving. Really my new heroes are the big truck drivers who drive on these roads day after day. But oh the views.... they truly take your breath away!

Zebus at work

Local butcher, no piece of meat goes to waste.

Then it was one of the moments I had waited most.... visiting chameleons!! 

The name of the place is Réserve Peyrieras Madagascar Exotic and they are specialized preserving, breeding and releasing reptiles. These reptiles are under constant threat as theirnliving space is destroyed and illegal exportation.

Below just few pics, more are in the FB album.

We were also delighted to see feeding of the chameleons! 

Next we did see snakes, geckos and the tiniest of all chameleons. Another great experience.

It is not a stick, it is a snake

Tiny tiny chameleon

There is a flat tailed gecko

Was sad to leave this amazing place behind, but the road to Tana was still long and darkness was getting close.

Finally we arrived at the hotel (Hotel Cristal Madagascar) and well deserved rest.