Another relaxing morning as we wouldn’t be flying out of Ifaty to Antananarivo until the late afternoon. Had time to relax in the morning and sit on the beach a bit. Definitely a warm day out!
Had some fish sticks with fries for lunch and then prepared to drive to the Tulear airport for our flight to Tana. The Tulear airport was very basic and the “security” consisted of a man at the entrance to the security asking certain passengers, me included, if we had any guns or knives as he pointed at the sign. He didn’t ask me about liquids, just the guns and knives. You then head to a desk where the two staff take a peak in your carry on luggage – just a peak, so I’m guessing they are relying on the passengers to honestly answer the “no guns, no knives” question at the door!
Once you’re in the secured area there was some windows open onto the tarmac, which they did close once it got dark – likely more to keep out the mosquitos than to keep people in or out. The boarding process was pretty quick as they managed to unload and load up the 737 in probably about 15 minutes. There was another “Security check” on the tarmac beside the plane, in the dark – no sure how effective that was!
Landed in Tana and had a final group dinner at a restaurant near the airport, which was surprisingly good. I had a zebu steak with some cheese sauce and rice. We then headed back to the airport to change money and get our flights – half of us to Paris and the others to Nairobi and then London. Was a very long day and I could barely stay awake for the 1:30 am flight! Pretty much fell asleep as soon as we took off!