Riley's Hotel Maun
Riverside Road, P.O. Box 1 Maun, Botswana
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First day
This entry is rather late, seeing that I only got a blog today. It accounts my experience of a support call to Maun, Botswana (Africa). Apologies in advance for the length, it is a cut & paste I sent to family after arrival. The pics are available in the album section. Well. Coming to the end of my first day. Flight up was awesome. Driving …
Off to Maun to fix the car
Safari Drive were worried that we were driving a car without having had it checked by a mechanic and wondered whether we would go to Maun a day early. There was almost a cheer - the thought of a proper bed, hot showers. Camping was great and I didn't reget one night of it as you got really close to the wildlife but some of the facilities had been …
Maun - the arrival
We now sit in our little hotel room in Maun, Botswana. A little dazed and confused, but we have arrived at last! Don't let anyone tell you that international air travel isn't hard work, even if all you do is sit on an airplane for 21 hours trying to keep your blood flow and urine production at a minimum, and the other nine hours wandering through …
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