Antananarivo

It took me a while to be able to say the name of the city! My first impression of Antananarivo (Tana) was that it is like a mixture of KTM, Sarajevo (Bosnia) and Georgetown (Guyana). It's hilly with many buildings in a nice colonial style architecture yet still bit chaotic. It is a cute little valley town, and the purple of Jacaranda trees was very vivid.

We stayed in the capital city in total for four nights: first night when we arrived, another night in-between the trips to east and west two last nights in Madagascar. For all four nights, we stayed in a very charming hotel called Sakamanga. All three rooms where we stayed were really tastefully decorated. The hallways have antiques and old photos, and it was like a museum. They also have a fantastic restaurant. Highly recommended!