Antananarivo - Post Report Question and Answers

How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?

Forget mail service. Packages do not arrive. DHL available but expensive. - Jul 2020


Through the US embassy. - Mar 2017


Fortunate to get dip pouch-service. Have not used local mail service. - Jun 2016


Via diplomatic pouch. - Oct 2015


The public mail service is slow and items are often lost/waylaid en route. DHL, FedEx and UPS are available and reliable. - Mar 2015


The US Embassy has pouch but no DPO. - Apr 2013


I don't use the local mail system. The embassy has a pouch. - Apr 2010


By postal service, snail mail. Have sent to Europe, South Africa and England. All arrived - but only sent mail, no packages. - Dec 2008


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