61.2km en 8H21
\nat 5H37 it is still night and we drop Serge at the milestone before we realize that it isn\u2019t the right one: it is 1 km too soon. It is worth mentioning that the sun is barely coming up and the semi-darkness makes it hard to see things. Serge turns off his beacon and mumbles\u2026\u20261km further at milestone 156 from Majunga it\u2019s the right start, the beacon is turned on again. The orange on the horizon is splendid and promises a beautiful day.
\nFor the first 15 kilometers, the asphalt has been dug up and cause instability. When the nuts behind the wheel drive at breakneck speed, the dust, gravel and stones hurled at his legs makes Serge furious. Luckily, there is asphalt again at the 23rd km, at the soup stop when there is also a change of clothes because they are soaking wet. As you know, Serge fears chaffing so he changes 3 times a day, except for his socks. This morning we found banana fritters, cooked under our eyes, pure delight! Serge does not turn up his nose when we offer him one at his refueling.<\/p>\n
Once again the road is full of life, with
\nMore villages
\nMore pedestrians who are ambling to market
\nMore children going to school
\nMore children who are not going to school
\nMore schools
\nMore churches
\nA greater variety of trees: Teak, Singapore Almonds, bananas eucalyptus, varieties unknown to us and always mangos and jujubes
\nMore life
\nThe variety of flora is very nice, compared to the two previous days where everything seemed flat: small, flat hills, little contrast. Color has returned with life, to our great pleasure and once again we are surprised to see the change of scenery in just a few kilometers. I think we would not have noticed if we had been driving quickly several hundred kilometers per day.
\nSerge suffered less from the heat today, however, he felt tired due to a bad night in Ambondromany, which never seemed to quiet down. I slept in \u201ca hen coop, next to a kennel, near a garage and a night club\u201d. Those were our words this morning and while the image was very funny it did describe what our night was like.
\nHassina ran 5 km but at km4 his calf hurt and he finished walking. Danz continues to do 5km per day. Ren\u00e9 darkened the pages of a notebook\u2026. This evening it\u2019s \u00ab magnificent Friday \u00bb and we did not forget to celebrate the end of the week at our camp site, in the shade of mangos, even if the weekend will be just the same as the past week.
\nBetween two refueling, we had the pleasure of listening to a Malagasy singer by the name of Mafonja. It was a song which I dedicate to my nephew and godson, Benjamin on his birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
61.2km en 8H21 at 5H37 it is still night and we drop Serge at the milestone before we realize that it isn\u2019t the right one: it is 1 km too soon. It is worth mentioning that the sun is barely coming up and the semi-darkness makes it hard to see things. Serge turns off his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n