Madagascar
Two pile of tomatoes for 5 cent
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 2 September 2024
Updated on 2 September 2024
On our way back, out of this valley, we stopped at a local market where we clearly were the only tourists for a long long time. Staring eyes from all sides. At the edge of the market, there was a young lady having laid down piles of small tomatoes on her rug. I wanted to buy one pile of tomatoes and guessed a modest 200 ariary (5 cents). The woman laughed and started to pick the first … second …. and then even third pile of tomatoes. When I pointed her that two piles would be more than enough to fill my stomach she continued giggling.
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Traveled route: Antanarivo, Antsirabe, Ranomafana, Fianarantsoa, Andrambovato, Parc d'Anja, Parc National d'Andringitra, Isalo National Park, Toilara, Anakao, Ifaty, Mangily, Salary Avaratra, Ambohitsabo, Andavadoaka, Morombe, Manja, Belo sur Mer, Morondava, Allée des Baobabs, Relais du Kirindy, Belo-Tsiribihina, Tsingy de Bemaraha
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