Finishing Line – Iannis Pardon

Iannis Pardon on his Sodi ST30 at the finishing line of the 2nd round of the 2011 championship. His going to take on 12 international and other Malagasy drivers this coming Sunday during the last round of the championship which is also the 11th edition of the International Trophy of Madagascar to confirm his grip on this season.

11Elevent Project 3 Days To Go!!!

3 days before 11/11/11 and I still have no idea what I’m going to post for the project but it will surely be a photograph. If you haven’t heard of it yet, the project is simple but ambitious. On 11.11.2011 people from 196 countries all around the World will record video samples or take pictures of the subject of their choice. Like what they say “tell your own story”. No matter what device you’ll be using, it doesn’t matter as long as you can immortalize a moment on the D Day and upload it to your computer for submission to the project’s website. Blog posts and tweets are also good. If you want to be part of this adventure feel free to know more about it here and to register here. If you are in Madagascar, Ariniaina has created a Facebook page for the event here.

Ambatomanga – Part I

This is the first post of a series on Ambatomanga, a village located at 50 km from Antananarivo on the way to Toamasina.

We went there on a Saturday and got off at the post office at around 10 am. The thing that hit me first was it was quiet. We later knew that there was an important religious event that day.

The post office. It has the same architecture style as most of the houses in the village. I would have loved to see what was inside.

We passed by tte protestant church, an international monument, on our way to the rock from which the village took its name.

Ambatomanga is famous for its cheese. Too bad that day most of them were closed and we could see the process of making cheese.

The Public Primary School of Ambatomanga. There must be other schools in the village but I didn’t see.

Fascinated

Two children laying on the grass during the last Angaredona show at ESCA Antanimena enoying World Music, something unusual for Malagasy kids of their ages.

Rallye Sicam-Orange 2011 – Day One – SS1