Rich and I have avoided swarms of locusts, survived fights to “DIE” airport, and have averted the worst that food poisoning could throw at us. Overall, I think we’ve done quite alright in keeping strong, sleepy, and happy in the lead up to this week long, 250km adventure through Madagascar.
Yesterday, after spending 4 days traveling from Melbourne to Sydney to Johannesburg, Richard and I arrived in Antananarivo – Madagascar’s capital city. This is the last stop on our way to Antsiranana, the starting point of our upcoming ultra marathon. Though we’re only spending a day and a half here, it has been quite easy for us to get an overall sense of the city and what we have to look forward to over the next 2 weeks. Contine reading