It doesn’t get more real than this
I’m in the middle of my 9-day trip to Madagascar to visit my former home, and friends I left behind when I moved back to South Africa. On Tuesday afternoon we (the family I’m staying with and I) went with a French family to a local, real, working farm out past the airport – La ferme d’Ivato. The French mom saw it as an educational visit; the kids just had fun … But the real education came when we stopped at the room where they were slaughtering and cleaning the chickens. (I have not included the most graphic of my photos, but it may still leave you queasy – be warned). This is Madagascar – not a clean, first-world experience – but one of real smells, real grit and the reality of farm life.
Let’s go! (And the adventure begins)
Veggie patch
At the chicken coop
Farm transport
Bunnies
Pointing the way / leading the way
Sheep
Chillun
The reality of chicken cleaning (just look at those expressions, and the flies)
Two girls and two boys at the end of the visit
Attitude!
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I have been blogging here since around April 2011 - my little place on the blogosphere to express myself creatively. As a teenager I used to write a diary - in fact, as a 17-year-old living in Belgium, I wrote religiously every day. Fortunately the Internet didn't exist back then because my ramblings as a teenager were ever-so-slightly dark, cynical and depressing. You won't find much of that here. Also, mostly, I try not to get too deep or philosophical in this forum - I'd like my photography to uplift and inspire, and, where I can, I try to bring a bit of humour into my writing too. I've been fortunate enough to travel extensively and have made many friends across the globe. This is my spot to keep in touch with them.
Fabulous, as always.