March 10, 2011

Madagascar, by my Count

Maximum number of passengers in...

15 passenger van: 38

5-seater taxi: 14 (adults)

Longest wait for a taxi-brousse: 9 hours

Separate occasions on which I have thrown-up out the window of a taxi-brousse: 12


Pages in a Malagasy/English dictionary: 103

Pages of words beginning with the letter 'M:' 40


Town population: ~10,000

Town population under the age of 15: ~5,000

Children under the age of 15 resident in my four neighboring houses: 16


Consecutive weeks without a drop of rain (dry season): 13

Consecutive weeks without a trip to the water pump (wet season): 10


Students in my 7eme class (5th grade): 63

average age: 13

Students in my 3eme class (9th grade): 46

average age: 19


Separate occasions on which I have been robbed: 4


Books read: 110

Journals filled: 7


Mefloquine taken: 67

Sleepless nights: ~67


Cost of secondhand “Does everything taste fake or is it just me?” shirt at the market:

2,000Ariary = One dollar


Ounces in a THB: ~22

Cost (with bottle return): 1,600Ariary = 80 cents

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