Antsirabe Royal Palace Hotel

A VERY long day in the bus today. We left Vakona Lodge and started the long journey towards Ranomafana. The condition of the roads and the amount of traffic meant it was impossible to reach Ranomafana in one day, so we will stay overnight in Antsirabe. The journey revealed the extent of the terraced farming, and the sheer number of people involved. All the labour is done by hand by people of all ages. It looks truly backbreaking work.
We also passed dozens of the wood fired brick kilns, where all the hand made clay bricks are dried and hardened ready for saleRead more