Lalana Gasy

Hard to summarize a 2 months back-packing trip that allowed us to fully experience the south-east coast of Madagascar like a few people know it. While we would set our tent in the most remote villages and shared a basic meal of rice and manioc with locals most of our days, we also spent time with well-off Malagasi people around a cold THB beer or a luxurious $ 3 dish...

Our purpose was to get off the main road and walk the "lalana gasi", the trails that locals use to go from one village to the other. Similarly, our intention was to better understand the different cultures, traditions and stories of each of the tribes in this region. So we often ended up humbly accepting poor villagers' invitations to join them for dinner (we'd give in-cash contribution in the morning) and respectfully investigated their development status by asking many questions inspired by our professional background.
Everyday was different, every village was a new experience, every trail brought moments of pain and new blisters... but we made it -- and now we try to share a bit of this adventure with you.