Vacation with JB-Ambalavao

It took us good 4 hours to Andasibe, one night sleep, then 3 hours to Tana, then 3 more hours to Ambalavao. There we stopped at a hand made paper studio, where they also weave silk. They soak tree fibers, and hit it with wooden hammer until the fiber becomes all blended. Then they dilute the dough into water, and layer it down on framed net. Then once the bottom paper layer is done, they pay down dried flowers to decorate. It gets top layers of pulp then sun dried in their courtyard. The sun was just right for us to walk around and sit outside for lovely lunch. I saw Laiyane enjoying steak for the first time there! We took off again after lunch to continue the road to Ansirabe for the night. Scenery was picture perfect everywhere. Green rice patches through red earthed hills, with red brick houses, under beautiful blue sky. Even a very good painter could never paint this beautiful scenery that we saw along the road.