Old house – Altes Haus

Mahajanga, Madagascar/Madagaskar

Cirque rouge

Looks best fullscreen!

Cirque rouge, Madagascar/Madagaskar

Pink art – Rosa Kunst

Cirque Rouge, Madagaskar/Madagascar

Red rocks

Cirque Rouge, Mahajanga, Madagascar

Mahajanga

All the pictures do look best fullscreen!!!

Mahajanga

Once I dreamt of a town at a turquoise sea with sailing vessels on it, of which I have learned that they have been invented in the Arabic world and are called Dhows. The air was warm and slightly salty, the palm trees along the seaside promenade were murmuring unheard words in the warm wind and all the people around seemed very relaxed, some of them even smiling. Muslims, Christians, Animists, Hindus (Karana people), they all live there together peacefully within a stone’s throw of a Fossil display with Dinosaur skeletons. On a square right at the promenade, the people meet at a majestic thousand year old Baobab tree of the Adansonia digitata species – merchants brought this one from mainland Africa to the island. This town just has to be on an island!

Cirque Rouge

Cirque Rouge, Near Mahajanga, Madagascar

Diese Sedimentformation, aus naheliegenden Gründen Cirque Rouge genannt, liegt nördlich der Hafenstadt Mahajanga im Nordwesten Madagaskars. Wind und Wetter nagen beständig an den farbenfrohen Klippen, die vielen Einheimischen heilig sind. Im Tal entspringt eine Quelle direkt dem farbigen Sand, das Wasser wird einfach an die Oberfläche gedrückt. Dort wird gebetet, und Künstler sammeln den Sand, um damit Bilder (zumeist in Flaschen) zu zaubern. Leider oft ziemlich kitschig, oder es ist der unvermeidliche Bob Marley abgebildet.