{"id":989,"date":"2008-07-11T23:59:48","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T21:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=989"},"modified":"2015-11-17T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T11:38:02","slug":"parc-national-de-ranomafana-manakara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"Parc National de Ranomafana &#8211; Manakara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy with yesterday&#8217;s visit to the national park, I set out today to get back to the eastern coast, namely to the city of Manakara. And what a great ride it was.<\/p>\n<p>The descent from the central plateau towards the sea made for a pleasant ride for approximately the first half of the distance. Then the road turned southish and through undulating green grassy hills of spectacular beauty. 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