MalagasyLady
New memberAmerican expat in Belize
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About me
American
Lives in Seine Bight Village, Stann Cre
Speaks Malagasy, English, Spanish
Registration: 10 September 2019
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Banking in Madagascar in 2019 by amtwghng
could I get opinions on the best banks in 2019 to use in Madagascar for transferring money from overseas with little problems from bank officials that I think are just looking to steal funds maybe - gasp - internet banking that works ? so far I ...
I have lived here for several years, and hands down, prefer BFV. Their ATMs are available in four languages, they have lots of branches, and their ATMs have no problem accepting my American Debit card, where several of the other Malagasy banks ATMS ... Read More
What type of water filtration system are you using?
I just completed two years of Peace Corps Service, where I used the wonderful ceramic Berkey water filters, but now that my service is completely, I had to return it. I’m hoping to get down to Tana for the Embassy’s next auction, so I ... Read More
Learning Malagasy Language by FullOtto
Hello fellow expats, For native speakers of any European language like English, French or German, the Malagasy language can seem incredibly complicated and with very few similarities to the languages that we are used to. For many expats, it must ...
The biggest probe, I had was with the sentence structure of the Malagasy language. It’s “backwards” as compared to English, so just translating the words won’t work. ENGLISH structure is Subject + Verb + Object (SVO), as in ... Read More
Banking in Madagascar in 2019 by amtwghng
could I get opinions on the best banks in 2019 to use in Madagascar for transferring money from overseas with little problems from bank officials that I think are just looking to steal funds maybe - gasp - internet banking that works ? so far I ...
I lived in Mada for two years, living in Majunga and a Mahambo, and the service I received from BFV was stellar, no matter which branch I visited. However, transferring funds was an issue with my US bank.... Madagascar was on their watch list, so ... Read More
Living in Tamatave by TropicAlex
Hello everyone My family with two daughters ( 12 and 15 ) are going to Tamatave in one week August 28, 2019. We have lived in Mahajanga since 2004. We will travel by plane and once we find a house, then our house goods will follow by truck. I ...
Small world. I used to love across the street from College Francais Francoise in Ambondrona, in Majunga, but was moved to Mahambo, about three hours North of Tamatave. It took me a while to warm up to Tamatave, such an ugly city, all the black mold ... Read More