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- Mbabane
- Capital
- Lilangeni (SZL)
- Currency
- 1,104,343
- Population
- SZ
- Country Code
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Lobamba
Travel Blogs from Lobamba, Swaziland
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Only half guilty your honour
This is a top pick! Speeding is OK - as long as you are only half guilty and it's before lunch time. Not speeding is a crime, punishable by ...
The orphans of Swaziland
... tour focused on the orphans of the village. As approximately one third of the population is HIV positive, there are many orphans in Swaziland. In this particular village there are over 200. As we entered the village some were there to welcome us. The lady ...
hello swaziland
Access to internet here is a much different thing than in South Africa. I have to take a twenty minute taxi ride just to get into the Mbabane to get on the internet, so sorry for the delay. I am working at Emanule, which is an orphange just less than ...
Ngwenya recycled glass factory
Another pitstop... this is a recycled glass factory just across the South African border. Sure it's a tourist trap, but hey, the stuff is beautiful, and with hindsight, its about 1/3 the price the glass is by the time it gets to PE or Cape Town. Stunning ...
Emanuel
... access to internet is a little bit frustrating, but other than that I have really enjoyed my new placement. To get anywhere in Swaziland you have to drive. The way most people get around, and the way that I have been getting around are in the kombis. ...
Swaziland and Dipping of Toe in the Indian Ocean!
... south now - starting the loooooooong trek down the South African coast to Capetown over the next 5 weeks or so. First stop Swaziland - a most magical kingdom. A tiny place so spent just 2 nights there, but nonetheless managed to take in a lot. ...
De weg naar Swaziland
... ://www.biggameparks.org +++++++++++++++++++++++ Dag drie brengt voorlopig de meeste verhalen met zich mee. We rijden van Johannesburg naar Swaziland. Snelweg N17 is volledig in de verbouwing, pas nadat we een provinciale weg opduiken kunnen we echt gas ...
final days in Swaziland
... come out for a weekend to see her before i leave. i am sorry that i wasn't able to make it out there again. as i depart swaziland i realize that pinkie's kindness and open heart to me will be what i miss most when i get home, and something that i will not ...
South Africa!
Arrived at Joberg' airport shitting myself, completely paranoid that I was going to get mugged or rapped. Honestly, the stories I heard were terrible. Looking back I think I was the most dodgyist person in the airport. Gripping onto my bag like I had a ...
Swazi crafts
... started making these amazing candles, which a group of foreigners began promoting. Now they not only have a beautiful showroom in Swaziland, they export all over the world. Some of the candles are shaped like animals and others incorporate African ...
the king picks a wife
We moved from the Wildlife Sanctuary down to the nearest main town. We were misinformed about when the shuttle from Sondzela to the town would be so we had to get there on our own. The 2km walk to the main road was pretty and we passed ...
The Umhlanga - Reed Dance, aka Land o'Boobs!
... Dance attracts young maidens and young men from across the Kingdom and fosters the unity of the clans which characterizes modern Swaziland as devoid of tribal differences (it also serves as a showing for potential wives for the polygamist King, though ...
The beauty of Africa
So we poshed it up a little here. Malandela's was a superb place to stay - it was a B&B with an attached bar and restaurant. It looked out on to vast sugar cane fields with beautiful mountains behind - stunning. The highlight of the stay was our ...
Bushfire
... days to enjoy the scenery and nature, it is a small reserve set in the Ezulwini valley the 'valley of heaven' and is Swaziland's oldest reserve. We stayed at Sondzela backpackers, right in the heart of the park, where there were Warthogs grazing on the ...
Dolphin Coast to the Drakensburg
Despite a late night and too much to drink I was awake for sun rise. This, under normal circumstances would have been a bad thing, however it was worth it to see the sun rise over the Indian ocean. It was a sad morning as we had to say goodbye to Jim ...
Lions, crags and Swaziland....oh my
... tourist that got attacked by a lion on my vacation. The next day we woke up to frost (brrrr!) and headed for Swaziland which is very mountainous. There were so many crags that I always wonder where they come from. In Swaziland you can feel ...
Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary
Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary Ezulwini Valley Swaziland, 29th & 30th September and 1st & 2nd October 2009 We took a leisurely time breaking camp at Mlawula as we didn't have too far to go to reach our next destination. The weather was still cloudy ...
Mkhaya Park
Le matin, départ pour le Mkhaya avec 2 anglaises : on était censés y aller par nous-mêmes, en minibus taxi, mais finalement le Bazbus est sympa et nous y dépose (ça fait 80km, quand même, merci Bazbus). Miracle : il fait beau ! Le point de ...
The Kingdom of Swaziland
... . Swaziland is bordered on the east by Mozambique, and on its other three sides by South Africa. When you enter Swaziland, the first thing you notice is the big pile of free condoms in the immigration office. Swaziland has just about ...
KwaZuluNatal et Swaziland
... qu'il est scientifique et qu'il bosse sur la tuberculose ("interesting but it pays rubbish"), et on se retrouve à la frontière du Swaziland. Ben oui, c'est qu'avec l'Europe on avait oublié ce que c'est qu'une vraie frontière terrestre, et on doit se ...
Malkerns et Sondzela
Aujourd'hui, c'est shopping : nous voilà partis, de nouveau en minibus taxi (qu'on maîtrise bien maintenant), pour le "craft market" de Malkerns. Qui consiste en une succession d'une cinquantaine d'échoppes en planches tordues, le long d'une route. ...
Weekend getaway to Swaziland
... passing through - but don't forget to pick up a copy of their free weekly newspaper with info on accommodation, restaurants and events in Swaziland. We found it lying around most places, and it holds a semi-decent map in the center pages, with some of the ...
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