Mbabane Travel Blogs

2002 undergraduate study abroad trip during my junior year at Pomona College. I spent 4 months living with several families in Botswana, 1 month assisting on a TB surveillance at a refugee camp I was living at, and finally 1 month traveling around neighboring countries, mostly on my own.

Two weeks driving around South Africa and a side trip to Victoria Falls

First job today was hiring a car for tomorrow so we can do a bit of independant exploring. Then we went on a mission:  to go and get our Mozambique visas from the Mozambican Embassy in the capital of Swaziland, Mbane.  We were about to use public transport for the first time sin…

Swaziland is a small southern African country surrounded on three sides by South Africa. Its eastern border is with Mozambique. Although Swaziland is an independent country, culturally it has a lot in common with certain South African cultural groups like the Siswatis (who are basically Swazis…

Church day in Swaziland!! Oh what a day!! Spent the morning attending Healing Place Church where the church youth ran the entire service. What an experience!!  The youth are on fire for the Lord and put on an incredible, Word based, Holy Spirit filled service.  The music was incr…

2 month trip through Southern Africa

My first time in Africa - from Joburg to Cape Town...by BazBus, haha Stops: Joburg - Nelspruit - Kruger - Durban - Port Elizabeth - Jeffreys Bay - Mossel Bay - Cape Town