Manamo River Trip - What a Treat! November 22 - December 12, 2011

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December 23rd 2011

Published: December 23rd 2011

The whole time we lived in Africa and every time we travel and we find ourselves some place uniquely interesting we refer to it as a “National Geographic moment”. This trip down the Manamo River was a continuous National Geographic moment. Every time we turned around there was another incredible view, amazing sound or unexpected moment. Whether it was waking up at sunrise having our coffee in ... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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A family affair

The whole family joined in the trading outings to the boats.

Many hands to paddle

Even though this boat had an engine on it, they had to paddle instead as many did not work.

Sailing down the river

We did get to use our sails some while on the Manamo River which was a nice treat.

Hyacinths in bloom

The water hyacinths are beautiful when in bloom but they definitely do get thick on the river.

Mangroves and sunlight

A view inside a small cano that we explored by dinghy. The mangroves grow quite thick here.

Lots of trade items

Some of the women showing their handiwork in order to trade.

Hyacinths

The hyacinths needed to be cleared from around the boat before we could pull up the anchor.

Raised walkway

This village had very nice walkways between the homes that kept them above the water. It was one that the government helped build for them.

Traders Everywhere!

We are surrounded again!

Do you want a room?

How about staying in this room at the Boca Tigre Lodge?

A peaceful scene

Surrounded again

Steering from the bow

We found that this was an interesting way to paddle a boat, from the bow instead of the stern – it worked!

Another basket for trade

A home we visited

We had a chance to visit the family that lived in this home.

No clothespin needed

No clothespins needed when you have barbed wire instead.

Beating the water

You need to slap the water to get the attention of the fish.

Throwing the net

He was showing us how he threw his fishing net. Denis tried it and found it was not that easy to do.

Bailing the boat

Taking care of baby and bailing out the boat is a full time job when in these dugouts.

Our private taxi

Our dinghy is working well getting us back and forth to shore and we helped taxi our friends with us.

The sleeping area

This shows that they keep their beds off the floor as they get flooded every month at the time of the full moon.

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