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Malgache paper

From huge sheets to greeting cards and notebooks...handmade paper with dried flowers or real embroidery.
Delicate, papyrus like, handmade Antaimoro paper decorated with pressed, dried and embedded wild flowers.

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Bags

Loads and loads of hugely cheap and colourful bags.

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(semi) precious stones

This was a gift from our hosts in Madagascar. There is an amazing variety of (semi)precious gemstones here inclulding a rare dark blue aquamarine, but also all sorts of quartz, garnets, moonstone, amazonite etc. The largest crystal ever found came from Madagascar and weighed more than 380 tons.

You'll find 100s of varieties of these ashtrays and eggs in all sizes, colours and perfection.

Madagascar grows the best vanilla in the world. The hugely fragrant pods smell right through the packet!
I paid 25.000 MGF (about 4 Euro) per packet of 5 pods. But then you'll have the freshest, biggest, most succulent, most fragrant vanilla pods ever.

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Tin cars

Lots of toys, especially cars, made of tins and cans. All sorts of Deux Chevaux, other Citroën cars, Peugeout, Renault and taxi brousse in all sizes and colours.