NBC arrived at the beginning of the month and took over Mombo Camp Okavango Delta Botswana , turning Mombo into something resembling the NASA control centre. The generators ran 24 hours a day; wires and cables were laid all over the camp, and telephone linkups were established via satellite.
It was an eerie sensation hearing the ringing of telephones. A bonus, however, was been allowed to call family and friends from the camp. The whole aim of the nine day preparation was a 3 hour live broadcast to the USA as part of NBC's "Where in the World is Matt Lauer" morning show. The rain kept away for the full nine days of the preparation, but as Mombo, or Murphy, would have it the heavens opened during the live broadcast. This did not cause any major problems however and the show went off smoothly.
Numerous guests were present, including Mr. Louis Nchingo of Debswana and an entourage of policeman who were there to make sure the almost US$1million worth of diamonds were safe. The show ended at 5pm where upon the crew had to pack everything up in time for the arrival of the first guests at 12pm the following day.
We were all amazed at the speed at which the packing happened. The new guests would not have known anything had taken place was it not for the fact that they were informed that Matt Lauer had been and gone. It was very obvious from most USA visitors' reactions that the NBC morning show is huge in America.
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