Today the
Lycee had our first proclamation of the year.
The proclamation is where the students receive their report cards for
the previous trimester. Here in Madagascar
this is done a bit different than what you would experience in the States. For starters the proclamation happened on a
slightly rainy Saturday morning in the open court yard in the middle of the
Lycee compound. All students must attend
the proclamation to receive their report card otherwise they have to pay a fee
at a later date. The students and
teachers are not the only ones to attend the proclamations either. This
The Hardest ride in Madagascar!!!
I have,
since finding out that I was going to be living in Vondrozo, wanted to bike the
44 miles from Vondrozo (where I live) to Farafangana (my banking town). Today, wanting to save money and get in some miles
on my bike, I finally decided to do it.
Having packed my saddlebags the night before I had planned on leaving at
5 am, but upon waking up and finding
that it was raining outside I had to wait and debate if I really wanted to make
the trip by bike at all. I knew the road
would be a mess after a rain like that and it would make an already hard ride
even harder. I knew that the worst part
of the ride was the first part, with its steep and rocky climbs and downhills
and its
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Peace Corps Journal,
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