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Hi. Nice video. I’m planning to travel to Madagascar by January I’m from USA 🇺🇸

@passivenomads

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It's a fantastic country to visit we will see you soon 😊

@jayesmiff9860

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I noticed in your bio you reside in white plainsI live in yonkers and also hope to visit madagascar soon mainly antananarivo if you make it there you should definitely document your visit there

@passivenomads

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@@jayesmiff9860 hi Jaye 👋 I've no idea why it says I live there in my bio as I actually live in Madagascar in Nosy Be I'm from Liverpool in the UK. Yes Antananarivo is a fantastic place to see and visit I hope you enjoy Madagascar when you visit 😊

@jayesmiff9860

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I tried to tag lonely traveler but it his username wouldn't highlight sorry for the confusion @@passivenomads

So, you LIVE out there in Madagascar. I'd love to talk to you about so many things. Madagascar is no stranger to having plants being migrated onto their soil. And the Ecosystem somehow lost most of the Native African animals, when Madagascar split off of it, for some reason. The ecosystem, from my research, seems sparse, in terms of animal variety, but a decent variety of plants, even endemic plants. You talked about the importance of a foundation. And I've been thinking Hemp would be the best thing to introduce to Madagascar, wouldn't it? You grow a crop of Hemp, you'll get 4 harvests a year. The skin on the stock of hemp, has tons of fibers. And you cop that up into little bits, add water and lime (I think you can get lime from slate, and that's common down there). and you just lay down 1/4th inch of hempcrete, compact it a touch. Wait to dry. Add another 1/4th inch. And you can do that to any type of clay form or cast or whatever. It's fire resistant. It insulates. And it's a comparable strength to concrete WITHOUT steel reinforcement.

@passivenomads

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That's amazing I've never heard of that I will have to look into it

@Orphanlast

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@@passivenomads the stocks to hemp can be used for any kind of carpentry, but, you can dry them out, chop them up and then introduce them to horse glue, and put them under a giant adobe press… but the arm would probably need to be attached to a worm drive gear system… I’ve researched that there are cars there… like, they’re common. Couldn’t you power a gear system like that off 2 to 3 car engines? To get 1,500 PSI? Basically you can come out with some really hard wood with that stuff. This way of making wood out of hemp is… more like a very durable and versatile piece of particle wood. But seriously, it makes amazing furniture. You can use the skin of the hemp stock a different way, to get a different type of wood. You’d rip the fibers into strips, then you’d let them dry out, you’d lay them all parallel, into that press, and you’ll have a hempwood that comes close to having a wood grain. The seeds are edible and have protein. You can get some great oils out of it for cooking, lubricating, and even as a gasoline replacement. The deforestation out there’s a problem. That’s what’s keeping the water clean. And… I think that if someone were to offer an alternative to cutting the forrest… that’d be awesome. You could also employ a bunch of carpenters and weavers to make furniture, baskets, clothes, and paper, out of the hemp. And you could sell it. The leaves are edible as well. You can put them in a salad, but most people seem to feed it to cows. Like… I really think you’re in an interesting situation out there. I just barely found your channel. I’m gonna need to familiarize myself with your channel to know how and why you’re out there. But American dollars go a long ways out there. And you could implement some serious improvement to the quality of life out there, and make a profit. Maybe not as much as you would in America trading American dollars, but the situation out there is real, and it’d only i prove people’s lives, I think. Oh. And hemp is kinda like bamboo. Technically speaking, it’s a weed. It’s not picky. It grows. It doesn’t need much water, it doesn’t need to be babied. And the next year, you might triple the size of your field, by accident… because this stuff grows reliably.

@passivenomads

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@@Orphanlast that's a fantastic idea for Madagascar I will look into it more Madagascar definitely needs new products like that

@Orphanlast

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@@passivenomads What kind of Resins can you find out there in Madagascar? Like... hemp fibers, from the skin, can be woven together to make (fiber-grass) which is a fiberglass replacement. I saw, in one of your videos that a toilet and faucet is only usually for 5% of the populace, approximately. Bamboo COULD function as indoor plumbing with very few fittings needed to be made, because the stuff is super versatile, and can bend under extreme heat. But it's wood. It biodegrades, especially when in contact with water all the time. But if you were to line the exterior of it with some fiber-grass you'd be able to streng then the tube. And should the bamboo degrade, the fiber Grass would remain intact... That's at least one of the ideas I'm spitballing in my head... and that was a genuine question, what type of Resins can you get your hands on. I'd love to research them further to see if I can help you out. Again, I don't know why you're down there, or if you have any goals to improve the standard of living out there... but you look like you might be in a position to.

@passivenomads

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@@Orphanlast unfortunately I have my next 10 year plan mapped out I'm 46 now and plan to retire in 3 years most of my business is property I'm not sure what resins you can get but I will look into it more

Have you tried Air Austral? 2-month trip over Xmas a 'cheap' £1,000 return, including Manchester or Luton connection to Paris on Easyjet. Paris CDG: walk terminal 2B to 2C (10 min) & re-check suitcase. To Nosy Be via Réunion is actually cheaper than to Tana. Also flies in to Mahajanga, Diego Suarez, Toamasina, Fort Dauphin & Toliara. Does Toliara even offer visa-on-arrival or have an immigration office?

@passivenomads

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I've never gone with that airline but I've been told that there good. Toliara will have an imagination office as the used to be flights to Reunion and south Africa. Allow Madagascar works on visa on arrival for 2 months with 1 month extension possible

@trevorsmith7753

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​@@passivenomads Thanks. I love your 'Imagination Office' Malapropism! Unfortunately, Mada's online visa-in-advance site has been down for a while. It used to save time on arrival.

Could be easy to do the math on how much more to offer to optimize your storage profits if you know what supply and demand look like. In an efficient market profit tends to zero so the prices trending towards each other over time is only natural. Like, if you're making a 50% profit but you can double your volume by giving 5% better offers on both sides of the trade then you've increased your gross profit by 50%. I guess you'd have to worry about transport but offer enough and the island will beat a path to your door. Some of the biggest non-tech companies in America are grain merchants. (Also, just curious, but what are the prices for raw vs brown rice in Ar/kg?)

@passivenomads

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I'm not the man to ask about rice 😒 it's sold bythe cup like a coffee mug full costs 20 cent US, the locals buy the Indian rice sometimes as its cheaper than the Malagasy rice but the Malagasy rice is better taste.