Another day in the Okavango Delta on a boat navigating the waterways and then for a short time in a mokoro.
A mokoro is traditionally a canoe carved out from a sausage tree or an ebony tree used by the local people known as the Bayei people of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. However, the government has prohibited the cutting down of trees and they are now made from fibreglass. They are long and narrow allowing them to navigate through the shallow waters, reeds, and lily pads of the delta. They are propelled by a 'poler' who stands at the rear of the boat and uses a pole to push against the riverbed. See yesterdays post for a picture of a sausage tree.
Ron and me in our mokoro:
Our mokoro and the daylily necklace made for me bu our poler and Ronnie’s lily hat. Day lilies open during the day and start out blue and turn white after they are pollinated and last a few days. Night lilies are yellow and open at night. But a few were a little confused by the weather and opened during the day too.
