Roads Less Travelled - Madagascar
Lonely Planet author John Vlahides braves political turmoil and plunges deep into the heart of Madagascar. In this mysterious land of taboos and ancestor worship, he explores a spooky subterranean river system, meets a healer who treats him with tobacco and booze, and earns his rock-climbing stripes on the archipelago of Nosy Hara. In the Central Highlands, he gets the surprise of his life at a circumcision ceremony, becomes the star of the show in a coming-of-age bull-wrestling fiesta and is welcomed into an ancestral reburial ceremony that blurs the division between life and death.
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is one of Lonely Planet's most experienced and respected writers. He speaks fluent French, sings tenor with the Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and holds a degree in classic French cooking from La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris. John has written more than a dozen Lonely Planet guides and recently undertook assignments in two very different Africa locations, Morocco and Madagascar. He was filmed on location as part of the TV series Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled.
