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TAR 22 Ep 7 "Be Safe and Don't Hit a Cow"
Chateau d If:
The name of the Polling Station is Mokoro :lol3:
Remember this:
"they had to find the Mokoro Station"
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--- Quote from: Plaidmoon on November 28, 2012, 10:54:54 AM ---OK, I did some more digging and found a few Facebook sightings from Maun, Botswana. I'm convinced now that some version of TAR was there for the last few days. I'm also thinking it's very likely that it's TAR 22 and not TAR Norway, but no one has quite spelled it out. I'm thinking that it would have been mentioned if they were speaking Norwegian and I'm guessing the Norwegian version doesn't have the budget for the Hummer mentioned below.
TAR Witness
Wow, Bots recognized, a certain reality TV show is been shot right in front of me at Maun International Airport and Mack Air Offices. I'm wondering where are these guys going from here. They are couples traveling together with each couple followed by 2 Camera crews. Somebody remind me of the name, Please <Friend 2>, you know it and watch it
Sunday at 4:08am
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Friend 2
Oh okay,the amazing race
Sunday at 11:52pm via mobile
TAR Witness
yeah Dear. they are racing in Maun.
Monday at 12:33am via mobile
The same person posted yesterday
TAR Witness
Monday at 10:55pm ·
and the race continues, Amazing race or the travel show as they told. Met one couple today as i was walking down the dirty road and they had to find the Mokoro Station. Poor people, always with camera crew. Jus gave them direction to the Mokoro Station and they refused to tell me the name of the show. Good luck Guys
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I checked out Mokoro Station and it seems to be the starting point for dugout canoe tours of the shallow waterways of the Okavango River Delta. Here's a couple of links to pictures of Mokoro canoes. The second was taken earlier today, but doesn't appear to be TAR related.
https://twitter.com/worldamazingpic/status/272716801232740352/photo/1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31893776@N02/8225737057/
From reading a couple of blogs, they may see herds of elephants, hippoes, giraffe, zebras, kudus, antelopes, and buffaloes. Should be very scenic.
Also, in a moment of extreme synchronicity, Google maps announced a few hours ago that street level mapping of Botswana is now on line, including the Okavango River Delta where TAR 22 was seen.
http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/11/street-view-on-google-maps-now-live-in.html
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Now we just need the last name on the clue, where the polling station is?
georgiapeach:
I don't think so?
There is NO Mokoro on the polling stations list http://www.docstoc.com/docs/22202326/[RPT300]--Polling-Stations-List , and we already know that THIS is what the locals refer to as Mokoro Station.
Plus I have worked that Wynona cap every which way and I can't get it clear enough to read...
Alenaveda:
In fact, Mokoro is the name of the canoes teams are using to cross the river.
mokoro: a type of dug-out canoe commonly used in the Okavango Delta.
http://www.botswana-travel.org/transport/mokoro.html
Chateau d If:
The list is old: 2009 General Elections
If you look at what they use as Polling Stations you see things like 'tent' or 'cattle crush'
They just use places that locals will know how to find it.
References to Mokoros and Polling Station do turn up searches: "After this stop, we will travel back in our mokoros to the Polling station."
Mokoro is the 'name' of this Polling Station.
georgiapeach:
Hmmm, maybe we are ALL right? I cannot make out the word "mokoro" but....
Perhaps "polling" station is NOT a voting station, but a river "poling" station??
--- Quote ---Day 4 Okavango Delta
An early departure from Maun, with a vehicle of the camp, we proceed on to the Poling station. A poling station is the place where the dug-out canoes, better known as mokoros, are kept.
From here we will be travelling on the Delta waterways by means of mokoro. The propulsion is in the form of a man standing at the back of the mokoro and using a long pole to propel the mokoro forward. This person is called a ‘poller’ (African Gondolier). The tranquillity that one experiences while gliding through these waterways was previously described by clients as the African Venice!! Upon arrival on one of the Islands in the Delta, we will do a game walk on the Island with an experienced African Guide who will share his knowledge and expertise on this specific area.
Having returned to our mokoros after the game walk, we will have a well deserved lunch and enjoy a bit of rest. After this stop, we will travel back in our mokoros to the Polling station. From there we will travel with the vehicle of the camp, back to our camp in Maun.
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