Madagascar

Our last Blog post! This is our last destination, MADAGASCAR BABY!! This is really Africa like you see it in the movies. This Island is the 4^th biggest island on the world.

On the island you have a lot of animals and flowers that you can’t found in other countries. Like the lemurs. Very beautiful animals but you only can found them in Madagascar! They have brown eyes and around their eyes you can see in the picture that we made yesterday, that there is a black circle, when the lemurs like at you it is very freaky because they look at you like they want to attack you. But that’s because of the black circle around their eyes, actually they say please hugh me or please take me with you. HIHI :D

The official language in Madagascar is also French, in a lot of African countries the language is French.

Now A very difficult word à Antananarivo! Do you know what it is? Well we didn’t knew what it was until now, yesterday we spook with some people who live here and they said this word all the time, so I asked them what it meant and RA RA it is the name of the capital of Madagascar! We tried to say it but that’s too difficult. HAHAHA!!  I really want to visit that city because the stories that we have heard from these people sounds very impressive.

When we were arrived we had to change our currency again, here in Madagascar they have Ariary instead off euro.  1 euro is 2741.95 MGA = Ariary. It means that you can buy a lot with 1 euro in Madagascar. Tomorrow we go to a market, the habitants told us that we should go because they sell things that you only can sell in Madagascar.

The form of government in this country is also Republic, they have a state of head, his name is: Andry Rajoelina. There is also a leader of the government and his name is: Albert Camille Vital.

                                     

Andry Rajoelina                                                                       Albert Camille Vital

Madagascar export a lot of goods like coffee, vanilla, sugar,…  unless they export a lot of things their economy isn’t that good. 71,3% of the people lives under the poverty line. It is a bit chocking when you see that, but the people who live here don’t know better, so they are very happy. Happier than we are!

Next week we’re back in Belgium!! I regret that our trip is already over but I’m so happy that I’m going to see you again!! I missed you so much!! L

See you next week in Belgium!!:D

Kisses and love X Céline

Tanzania

Hello again!

I hope everyone had a great week! Today we are getting ready to pack for our trip to Madagascar which we will be visiting soon. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. In the meantime, here are a few things that brightened my world from this past week in Tanzania…

The first thing we did when we arrived in Tanzania was check in to our hotel and get some sleep! We were so tired! And we knew that the day after would be an exciting day, because we had a safari planned! J

 I was pretty stoked when we spotted all of the lions... But I also made a few new friends… including a baby elephant. I think I’m in love! J See the pictures below! 

                          

After our safari we went to the northern part of Tanzania, to take a look how the Maasai warriors live.

It is a semi-nomadic group of people called the Maasai. As an ethnic group, the Maasai are made up of different sections such as the Isiria, Ilarusa, Kore, Isikirari and Parakuyu. The majority of the Maasai people live in Kenya.

In a 2007 census, the population of the Maasai was said to be at approximately 646,000 in Tanzania. The 2009 census places the population of the Maasai at 840,000. Although there have been invitations and even programs encouraging the Maasai people to give up their semi-nomadic way of life, some members of the tribe continue to live that way.

Maasai People - Masai - Warriors - Ngorongoro, Tanzania, Africa

They are a proud ethnic group with distinct customs and traditions. They speak the Maasai or Maa language, which is also spoken by other tribes in East Africa. Some members of the Maasai tribe also speak Swahili and English. Getting to know more about the Maasai customs, traditions and way of life is important because, just like the other cultures sharing this place called Earth, the Maasai are part of the rich history of this planet.

ð  Kufurahia (that means "enjoy" in Swahili) J

It really has opened my eyes that you can live happily in a really non-materialistic way! I think I will carry all this experiences with me my whole life and have a different look on certain things when I’m back in Belgium!

All in all we had a really great week in Tanzania! I’ve always wanted to come to Africa and so far this trip is completely blowing my mind. Everything is so beautiful and everyone is so kind.

Big kiss Aurélie <3

Democratic Republic of the Congo

                                     

Do you see the hut in the picture? That’s our new sleeping place for this week :D. Finally a real hut where we need to sleep in! What an adventure. This week we are in the Democratic republic of Congo. It is very beautiful over here, if we are quiet we don’t hear anything. It’s not the same like in Belgium! In Belgium there is always noise even if you are very quiet!

The weather is fantastic!!  Like you can see, we expect 30 degrees every day! What do we need to have more?

 

We already have neighboursJ, in the evening when we are sitting around the campfire, the monkeys visit us and they sit and lay together with us around the campfire. They aren’t dangerous, actually they are very sweet!

                                           

The capital of this country is Kinshasa and like the name of the country says has it a republic as form of government.

Congo is a country that isn’t very developed, it is already better then it was a couple years ago. The people who live here are very kind. They live for their country! You can see that little boys of twelve or thirteen year already go to the army, not only because they have to but also because they want to protect their country, they feel themselves a bit mandatory do to this. They can chose between 3 departments: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Army/ National Navy and Congolese Air Force. 

It is very nice to walk in the streets because you see everywhere soldiers, you feel yourself very save, like nothing can happen to you. The soldiers are very friendly, it’s not like Europe where we can’t watch at them or where we can’t speak with them. If you have a question they really want to help you and they do everything to help you, even if they have to go to the other side of the world.

the official language that they speak here is French, off course there are some other languages but actually it are dialects but French is the language that everybody speaks and understands in Congo.

 

This is the view that we see at the moment, lovely isn’t it?

We are going to enjoy of the sun because tomorrow we start to discover Congo and then we can’t rest anymore.

In two weeks we are back home and then we finally al see you!

Byee xx Céline