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Category: Living in Maun

Night Sounds of the

Okavango

July 22, 2016 admin

Outside my house, the frogs are calling on the Thamalakane River.  Bell frogs, bull frogs, and many I can’t identify. …

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Posted in: Adventure and Field Research, Botswana, Living in Maun

Baobab Yogurt

July 12, 2016 admin

July 12, 2016 While camping at Xakanaxa in the northeastern part of the Okavango Delta, my colleague, Ronald Mothobi, showed…

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Posted in: Adventure and Field Research, Botswana, Living in Maun

What’s impetigo and how can I get my very own?

May 25, 2016 admin

May 21, 2016 When you’re a kid, you hear about diseases like lumbago and gout and angina – and you…

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Posted in: Adventure and Field Research, Botswana, Living in Maun

A trip to Nxai Pan and Planet Baobab

April 24, 2016 admin

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Posted in: Adventure and Field Research, Botswana, Living in Maun

It’s totally fascinating to know who’s reading my blog

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April 24, 2016 As I mentioned previously, I added Google Analytics to my blog on April 11 to see how…

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Posted in: Botswana, Living in Maun

Ice-cream in the dark

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April 24, 2016 Today was a typical low key Sunday.  The morning was fresh, sunny and clear with a cool…

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Serious Water Shortages in Southern Africa – Trading Oil for Water

March 14, 2016 admin

We recently passed through the town of Gumare in north western Botswana. We stopped to use restrooms at the petrol…

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Posted in: Botswana, Ecology, Living in Maun

Internet in Botswana

February 22, 2016 admin

In the US, I am an internet junkie. It took coming to Botswana to realize that. Here, I prepay every…

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Follow-up post to opening a bank account in Botswana

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Three days after I opened my bank account, I got a phone call from Standard Chartered Bank. I had put…

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Getting a bank account in Botswana

February 15, 2016 admin

When living in Maun, it is not essential to have a local bank account. At least in my case, my…

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