2 weeks worth of photos completely LOST
susie’s sony camera has been pickpocketed away from my unzipped outer pocket in my jacket during a smashing crowd while trying to get into a puny bus at late evening… while i knew that pickpocketing around tana was pretty high, i was pretty igornant to susie’s repetitous to watch out for the camera as well as put it inside my jacket… but nevertheless, i put her camera in my outer pocket and forgot to zip it up as i was little tipsy from madagascar’s finest beer called “three horses” hanging out with susie and 2 deaf guys. we were getting our first taste of tana’s nightlife which usually starts at 5pm and end by 8pm because all the public buses close between 8pm and 9pm. after we got home, i just started to realize that the camera was gone! even susie got pickpocketed on the first week of our stay but she didn’t have anything in her pockets.
soooo, nevertheless, i still have my canon SLR and i cant wander around poor slums with this camera because ill be definitely a prey in those areas. i can only take the pictures when im with a small group. if anyone wants to donate an old compact digital camera for me to carry through dangerous slum areas where i could try to snap away in such a randomly manner, please do feel free to email me!
yesterday was quite an adventurous day for us, but this will have to wait as ive already typed up my journal in my powerbook last night but i forgot to bring my card reader with me to upload this entry into this blog.
also for those of you who have been wanting to visit us in madagascar, we will be free on october 30th until november 5th as well as dec. 21st until jan. 8th.
we still haven’t settled down here in tana as there are so many things that we need to take care of. we are not accustomed to malagay’s slow way of life here.