{"id":1009,"date":"2008-06-08T23:59:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-08T21:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2015-11-15T14:13:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T13:13:58","slug":"toamasina-ampasimadinika-toamasina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"Toamasina &#8211; Ampasimadinika &#8211; Toamasina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 5 days after my arrival, I set out for a first day-long &#8216;test ride&#8217; on Malagassy soil. From Toamasina I cycled south on Route Nationale 2. The road was paved and in good condition. The (small) portion I cycled has moderate climbs. The countryside left and right is dominated by bushland and young forest. The central mountains can be seen on the west, The <em>Canal des Pangalanes<\/em> and the Indian Ocean on the east. The <em>Canal des Pangalanes<\/em> is a series of French-made canals linking natural lakes and rivers along the east coast of Madagascar, stretching south from Toamasina for more than 600km.<\/p>\n<p>Every couple hundred meters there were people riding their bikes or walking on the road. Many greeted with a <em>bonjour<\/em> or <em>salam(a)<\/em> or <em>salut<\/em> and a smile. Many other answered when I said <em>bonjour<\/em>. One guy shouted <em>bon voyage!<\/em>.<br \/>\nI finally found a place with no people around and used the stove to actually cook something for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Right after the village of Ampasimadinika I stopped and returned to Toamasina on the same route.<\/p>\n<p>Cycled: 99km<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"map_ol3js_1\" class=\"map undefined\" data-map_name=\"undefined\" data-map=\"map_ol3js_1\" style=\"width:640px; max-width:100%; height:450px; display:block; overflow:hidden;border:thin solid grey;\" >\n\t\t\t\t  <div id=\"map_ol3js_1_popup\" class=\"ol-popup\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"map_ol3js_1_popup-closer\" class=\"ol-popup-closer\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"map_ol3js_1_popup-content\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\ttranslations['openlayer'] = \"open layer\";\n\t\t\t\t\ttranslations['openlayerAtStartup'] = \"open layer at startup\";\n\t\t\t\t\ttranslations['generateLink'] = \"link to 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