Tana cab

Back to Antananarivo, literely "the city of thousands". Thousands of what? Well for those who transited through this poorly urbanized city, it could well be a thousand hills or a thousand taxis. I had imagined that Renault 4L and Citroen 2CV, very popular in France in the 50's and 60's were all gone and had been transformed into cooking pans. Actually the paradise of 4L is Madagascar where any old french car can live a second or third life!
Just like the yellow cabs in NY, there are 4L are everywhere crusing the paved and hilly streets of Tana. Painted cream white, revamped with new engines, they'll take you anywhere you need. You'll have to negociate the fare for a couple minutes before you can enjoy the interior decoration made of sticky notes quoting the Bible, newly covered seats and a boom-box that doesn't manage to cover the metalic noise of the broken springs on the pavement.

Forget about the hybrid Toyota you were planning to buy for Christmas. The new cool is the old French car!