“This one sounds good” joked Elaine as she looked through my Lonely Planet Madagascar for hotels in Antananarivo, Madagascar (aka Tana).
‘Hotel Le Glacier in a noisy location…may be worth a look if everything else is full (though it is not suitable for women alone). Dingy rooms with private bathroom… but the ones in the annex are unsafe.’
I thought I’d choose something a little more upscale, so I settled on Hotel Mellis and booked ahead.
(10 Aug 2004: Another version of this appears on BootsnAll.)