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'''It's early morning just sunrise at the Sambirano crossing, there's a bit of a traffic jam, caused not by motor vehicles but by ox-powered carts transporting delivering freshly harvested crops from the countryside into to the central marketplace of Ambanja.'''

Innumerable zebu carts can be seen exist in and around the town Ambanja, the region, and across Madagascar.

One typical workshop, run by Mr Theodore, <!-- 032 49 341 77)--> can be found in the town centre. His workshop , employs six skilled woood wood workers and welders assembling about 50 carts per year, all always in the a same design and model. Everything is done manually without electricityand powder tools. A cart takes about a week to produce and costs 1,800,000 (about USD 400).

These humble two-wheeled vehicles or simply charettes as they are known are as relevant today as they were hundreds of years ago , providing an indispensable form of transport for by farmers in distributing their agricultural crops. The Hopefully the tradition of these eco-friendly vehiclesremain, keeps as they help keep cars and air-pollution to a minimum.