30 Nov
I got to Maun this morning; it's the staging post for forays into the Okavango Delta. I had just popped out to pick up some meat for the braai (barbecue) at the campsite tonight, when the heavens opened up! Even last night there was an astonishing light show of a thunderstorm just north of where I was camping. The sky was like an enormous strobe light.
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| Maun, Botwsana |
I'm currently trying to get a seat on a little Cessna plane to fly over the Delta. I can't afford to charter a flight, but am looking around for any travellers who may also be interested in sharing a flight. It's got to be the best way of absorbing exactly what's going on in this bizarre part of the planet! A river just flows along until it reaches a desert and then starts sprawling out until it runs out of steam! The amount of watering entering the delta equals the amount that's evaporating. Apparently, a huge earthquake originally caused this phenomenon, by diverting the river's route away from the sea.
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| Okvango River Meander, Botswana |
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| Okavango Delta, Botswana |
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