Up 5:00 with the alarm, still didn’t sleep that well. \u00a0When I got up at 4:15am, the stars were impressive again. \u00a0Orion was the only constellation that I have recognized yet. \u00a0The Milky Way was again so bright that you could see structure in it. \u00a0Had the tent, sleeping bag, mattress, and clothing all put back in the red duffle. \u00a0I left several things there so not sure why everything barely seemed to fit. \u00a0We got on the road by 7:15. \u00a0I sat in the front seat of the truck. \u00a0The roads are twisty and full of almost impassable potholes. \u00a0Made good time and we got off the R25 and turned north on the R7 at 9:04. Got to Ambositra for lunch at 11:50. \u00a0I ordered steak and fries. \u00a0This is a tourist hotel so they actually called it steak not zebu.
\nLunch was rather quick, we had paid by 1:10. \u00a0Stopped for gas before hitting a souvenir shop. Left there at 2:00 with 255K to go. \u00a0Passed kids making gravel out of bigger rocks, by hand. \u00a0Sunset is 5:33, people here for the most part don’t use headlights until it is very dark. It is sunset now and we still have 37Km to go. \u00a0Made it to the hotel by 6:30 in the dark. \u00a0I got to the showers first! \u00a0The last shower I had was on 7\/9, I feel much better now. \u00a0Next is a bit of waiting for the drivers to get back, then off to the airport. \u00a0After getting gas and a minor snafu with the extra bag, we were ready to go through security about 10:45. \u00a0Once inside, it was 11:00 before I got a simple ham sandwich to eat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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