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At lunchtime, it was back on the Bazbus for the last time and we headed off to Swaziland.  It was one of our more relaxed border crossings, very similar to Laos.  The Swazi official was very friendly, and gave us a paper with lots of information about what to do and see in Swaziland.  It felt like a different country as soon as we entered, with a much friendlier relaxed atmosphere.  We passed lots of goats, children and cattle on the way, with mostly small rural villages.&...

Just posting some random photographs from previous travels

My family owns one and runs several wildlife conservation parks in Swaziland: Mlilwane, Mhkaya, and Hlane. So we visited all of them and camped in this awesome remote camp site way out in the mountains somwhere.

We spent the entire morning having a play day with the children of a new community caled Zobodze. The missions team brought in inflatable castles and slides for the children to play on, we had face painting, played football (soccer), threw Frisbees, Christian music, etc.  I have never seen 200 happier children.  We loved on them, played with them and let them know that people love and care about them.   This new community is the location of a new center that has als...

Wake up at 6 am, breakfast at 7. On our little walk to the restaurant we spot four monkeys running between the rondavels. One of them is carrying a young. Cute. At eight we leave for Swaziland. John the English bartender (barefoot as always) and the owner of the lodge are present to say goodbye, while five African women are singing for us in an undecipherable language, but is sounds happy and it probably means something like "Happy trails" or "See you again". It's around ten o'clock when th...

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.

De kortste weg naar Kruger Park, of eigenlijk het nabijgelegen Nelspruit, is door Swaziland. Dit miniland staat vooral bekend om de vriendelijke mensen, wat direct bevestigd wordt door de vrolijkste douanebeambte ooit. Onze eerste stop is in het hart van het land, de Ezulwini vallei waar ook de koning zijn huishoudens (!) heeft. Met een lokaal minifestival in het aankomende weekend is er helaas slechts voor twee nachten accomodatie beschikbaar, en dan is een safari tent al niet onze eerste ke...

We staan om 05:00 op om bij het watergat naar het begin van de dag te kijken. Als Trudy naar buiten kijkt staat er een impala recht voor het raam. We zijn om 05:30 bij het watergat en Cees is er al. We hebben peperkoek en water bij ons, want we krijgen pas om 08:30 ontbijt. Er komen niet veel dieren naar het watergat, maar een groepje impala’s poseert prachtig voor de camera. We lopen even nar de andere kant van de lodge omdat we van die kant een zwaar geluid horen. Een medewerker verteld o...

When we were half way up Sheba’s Breast, huffing and puffing, totally out of breath since out of shape, but enjoying it, we thanked our lucky stars that we had not tried the ascent the previous day at noon. At 10 o’clock in the morning, the sun was blistering hot already and no shade anywhere! We finished our two bottles of water in no time. But we did make it to the summit, sat there, red, sweaty and happy and had a picknick. I almost did not make it back down again. Bridging the gap bet...

Start of our travels

een reis van drie weken door Zuid Afrika... vanaf Jo'burg uiteindelijk door naar Capetown, met een omweg door Lesotho...WAANZINNIGGGG!!!!!

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 living in SA) and the Zulus, who some would argue have their origins in Swaziland as well. Also like SA it has a huge rate of HIV/AIDS infection. The only monarchy in southern Africa is found ...

Lived and worked at Monkeyland (a must see) and Birds of Eden in South Africa. Traveled around southern Africa, beautiful place and unforgettable experience.

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

Welcome to my blog created to share what I see and think while working for The Botswana Centre for Human Rights in Gaborone from April 24 until July 21, 2008!