The rainy season is all way a time of great activity people are plowing planting and fixing leaky hut roofs
but this year the rains here in maun have not been the best. The rains should start in December and end in march
yet we are now nearing the end of January and we have only had a few thunder storms since December. but at least maun is looking green and the maize in most of the fields are knee high ( although sadly some people are only starting to plow there fields now!) some of the bush roads have also turned into small dams or lakes.
the maun river on the other hand is not really affected by the local rains and is still dropping yet news has been coming from the depth of the delta that the flood waters are already on there way. well all for now TMFM
Thursday 26 January 2012
Friday 20 January 2012
Thursday 19 January 2012
Maun the Town
Well if you are visiting maun for the first time or maybe moving into
maun or just have not visited maun for a bit i will here try to give
you a brief and updated review on the town of maun .
First:
Although officially still a village, Maun has developed rapidly from a rural frontier town and has spread along the Thamalakane river. It now has shopping centers, hotels and lodges as well as car hire, although it retains a rural atmosphere and local tribesmen continue to bring their cattle to Maun to sell. The community is distributed along the wide banks of the Thamalakane River” with its local donkeys, goats and cattle.
here is a link to a you tube video of a drive through of maun at 1.42 that is the main center of maun that is were you find shopright Riley’s garage cell city and also a rather nice Internet cafe called Tech Times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2rR3baD4jQ
well thats all for now i will soon be making a list of the top ten things to do in maun . Oh and here s some music for today
First:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Maun is the fifth largest town in Botswana. As of
2001, it had a population of 43,776.It is an eclectic mix of modern
buildings and native huts. Maun is the “tourism capital” of Botswana and
the administrative center of Ngiamiland district. It is also the
headquarters of numerous safari and air-charter operations who run trips
into the okavango delta.Although officially still a village, Maun has developed rapidly from a rural frontier town and has spread along the Thamalakane river. It now has shopping centers, hotels and lodges as well as car hire, although it retains a rural atmosphere and local tribesmen continue to bring their cattle to Maun to sell. The community is distributed along the wide banks of the Thamalakane River” with its local donkeys, goats and cattle.
here is a link to a you tube video of a drive through of maun at 1.42 that is the main center of maun that is were you find shopright Riley’s garage cell city and also a rather nice Internet cafe called Tech Times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2rR3baD4jQ
well thats all for now i will soon be making a list of the top ten things to do in maun . Oh and here s some music for today
Friday 13 January 2012
crocodiles in maun
What with the rivers becoming full and the recent floods that washed
away some of the maun crocodile farm into the river there are now quite
a lot of crocodiles floating around. so please don,t go swimming! as
there have already been a few crocodile attacks of late.you may wonder
why they don,t just shoot all the crocodiles in the rivers of maun and
thus make it safer for the general public.(although a lot of crocodiles
in maun have been shot of late for different crimes 1 Getting in the way
of a body retrieval (the man had drowned) 2 getting washed out of there
farm by the floods and then feeding on peoples goats and 3 for
attacking people) well here may lay a reason. crocodiles were
protected under the Fauna Conservation Act of 1961 (Act 21 of 1961)
in Botswana. and only allowing 50 crocodiles to be shot by non
residents for hunting proposes per year. Is Botswana still using the Act of 1961 i don,t Know as i could find no updated information well that all on the crocodiles in maun. by The Man From Maun
Today's Gadget
THE MAUN TIMES MAUN
Well hello and welcome to the blog of maun this is not a news site
on maun (as maun already has a great news paper The Ngami Times) but
this is rather to provide amusing stories for those who like to hear
that maun is just staying the same.
also do feel free to leave comments
so here we go
first a bit about maun for those of you who may not know. maun is a small and growing town in Botswana ( thats in Africa) It is also Known as the gate way to the okavango delta. it is also known as one of the most dirty towns in Botswana (in fact it is a village) yet the name maun means Place of Reeds because of the river that runs through it and because of the good flood waters in the past few years maun is living up to it name again.maun also got hundreds of donkeys probably 10 to every tree found in maun. but maun is a place you will find your self forever coming back to. well thats my first post thanks for reading—– the man from maun
also do feel free to leave comments
so here we go
first a bit about maun for those of you who may not know. maun is a small and growing town in Botswana ( thats in Africa) It is also Known as the gate way to the okavango delta. it is also known as one of the most dirty towns in Botswana (in fact it is a village) yet the name maun means Place of Reeds because of the river that runs through it and because of the good flood waters in the past few years maun is living up to it name again.maun also got hundreds of donkeys probably 10 to every tree found in maun. but maun is a place you will find your self forever coming back to. well thats my first post thanks for reading—– the man from maun
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