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Like a snake swinging among the  hills, the Besafotra river which can be very dangerous within the rainy season, carry slowly gold and spessartites from their source.
       
     
 
 
     
Bargaining spessartites in a hut. The garnets where found the same day. The second village of Ambohimarangitra lies in a dry savanna, perched up on a high plateau far from anything all.

 

The hamlet of Ambohimarangitra located close to the Besafotra river, visible on Google Earth.

 

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