Saturday, December 8, 2007

Mumbai, Mauritius, Madagascar, a 3 day journey


When we left Darwin little did we know how long it would take us to reach our destination in Madagascar. It all seemed to go well until we were ready to board the flight from Mumbai to Mauritius late at night when after some inquiries we realized our flight had been cancelled. Fortunately Air Mauritius had organized an hotel for us and after stopping a local cab outside the terminal, we were on our way to a 5 star hotel. The next day we took off early afternoon hoping to still make a connection in Maurice, however once we reached our first stop there were no more flights to Madagascar until the next day in the afternoon. Again AM had organised a hotel for us and this time even a proper transfer. As Mauritius is a "luxury" holiday place, we ended up in a Hilton on the beach resort where they greet guests with drinks and all the modern comforts one can imagine were at our disposal... no complaints there. Finally we got to Antananarivo on the 3rd day and were welcomed by Yamuna's Manolo at the airport. We have only been here a couple of days and it already feels we have been here a long time thanks to the extraordinary welcome we have received from everyone here.
By the way, as it will soon be Christmas and we will be here for a while we've got ourselves a local mobile number (+261325195728) in case anyone has the urge to call any of us...

Al marxar de Darwin sabiem que el viatge seria llarg pero mai varem inaginar que tant. Tot havia anat be fins a Mumbai, pero al anar a agafar el vol cap a les Maurici ja tard a la nit varem descobrir que l'havien anul.lat. Afortunadament Air Mauritus ens havia reservat un bon hotel i despres de trobar un taxi varem poder dormir comodament. L'endema el vol va sortir finalment a primera hora de la tarda pero al arribibar a les Maurici ja no hi havia vols cap a Madagascar. De nou AM s'havia ocuptat de buscar-nos hotel, aquest cop ens portaren a un Hilton a la platja on reben els hostes amb begudes i fent sonar el gong i posen totes les comoditats possibles al teu servei. Despres de disfrutar de l'estada i els serveis l'endema a mitja tarda varem marxar cap a Antananarivo, on ens esperava el Manolo de Yamuna a l'aeroport. Encara que nomes portem dos dies aqui, gracies a la benvinguda que ens estan donant sembla que ja faci molt mes que hi som.
Per cert, com que s'acosta Nadal i serem aqui un temps hem adauirit un mobil local (+261325195728) per si algu vol contactar amb nosaltres.

6 comments:

jnqm said...

Que bé que arribeu a un lloc després de dos dies de viatge! Òndia, aquestes companyies deuen perdre una pila de duros amb hotels i gons, oi? Abraçades prenadalenques d'un que surt aquest vespre en un microviatge (haha!!) a la cantonada, un congrés sobre internet a Paris.
Molt bona estada. Va tot bé? Ara ja comença a ser un viatge llarg... pero si fa quatre dies éreu al Pol Sud i ara sou a la ciutat amb nom de concurs: Antananarivo!
Petons per tots.
Manel, si et fas d'alguna xarxa serà més fàcil encara estar en contacte... he trobat Ella i Blanche a Facebook, quina gràcia!
Joan

Anonymous said...

Manel & family,

llegint el vostre blog des de Cardedeu.
No sé si ho has arribat a saber. Del sopar chez Joan Lluís Roca no se n'ha parlat (vaja, escrit) més. Potser quan es reactivi ja esteu per aquí.
En fí. Que vagi bé. Fins la pròxima.

Mom

Anonymous said...

canvi de continenta i de costums!
axò del thls a costa de les companyies aéreas us va anan bé. Sort que heu fet els billets amb BA.... que al menys no es una low cost i us acomoda quan no te vols...
A Madagascar hi ha una llegenda, que diu que hi ha enterrat un tresor amb les joies de la Mª Antonieta.. ( a un cementiri de Diego Suarez....) no si el voleu buscar...
A vallvidrera, apart dels seients del Funicular, poques novetats, han posat iluminació al carrer ( aquest any es maca i tot) els Pastorets començan aquest disabte, els porcs senglars es passejan per tot arreu a les 5 de la tarde, etc etc etc.... Diuen que al gener comencen les ofres del macroedifici de devant del mercat.. AH! si! m'oblidava , han comenzat les obres de la fantástica pasarela de la cerretera de les aigües. Durant un mes i mig van tallar la carretere i només hi havia un carril ( es formaven cues fins al baixador....) es una anecdota més del "bon " seny dels nostres polítics....
Records de tota la familia. Montse H.

Anonymous said...

Finalment Madagascar, el país dels lèmurs!
(em demanen que els feu moltes fotos si podeu, una que sent passió pels primats).
Suposo que va tot molt bé, ja heu fet mig viatge, no?

molts petons i abraçades per tots quatre!!

Bet

Anonymous said...

Apa, llegint aquest altre blog m'adono de que m'he perdut una pila de coses i de missatges. Miraré això de Facebook.
Quina gràcia veure el Mom per aquí dintre! Molts records a tots els Colomer Cabré!!!! I que passin bones festes ells també.

Altre cop, salutacions
Mariona

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