Country Info
- Mbabane
- Capital
- Lilangeni (SZL)
- Currency
- 1,104,343
- Population
- SZ
- Country Code
Swaziland Slideshow
Swaziland
Travel Blogs from Swaziland
Swaziland
Hello Everyone, Well, since I last wrote I have gone through the amazing Kingdom of Swaziland and crossed into Mozambique. In Swaziland I saw even more amazing wildlife than in South Africa... pictures may not be possible from here on out.... but I'm ...
Such a swazi place!
... , seriously, what the hell? Keep your dogs behind the gates, people! The next day, I visited Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland, and, unsurprisingly, it was just like Swaziland – small and surrounded by mountains. I also learnt that ugali is ...
suicide on wheels
... it was two more buses to Manzini. I spent a night there and then to Mbabane for two nights. I found Swaziland quite touristy and mostly catering to a slightly higher class of tourist. There are lovely places to stay for $20 or ...
It's as easy as A, B, C....
... the alphabet (using stencils made from cereal boxes that took a whole night to make!) complete the best looking NCP front in Swaziland . (Actually if you look closely at the bee on the left you'll see that the attempted antenna came out ...
Sportsday!
As I've helped Richard to make party bags for all the kids (comprising of a few sweets, a pencil and a pen) I get to have first pick of the Sportsday event I want to run. Hence Cap'n Ben's Scurvy Sack Race is born!! The day was a ...
Race Day
... stop giving out free coke and oranges. Happy days. 17km - I'm stuck behind three cows. Only in Swaziland . 18km - Last of the water stops, I actually think I might make this! Take a can of coke, 2 ...
Honeycomb
... and the terrain is gently rolling. The crops production we see are mainly bananas and oranges. Initially from the border, Swaziland appears to be a poorer country as evidenced by the type of housing and the number of people gathering water with ...
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 ...
New Project!!
... and a chance to mess around with 100+ kids? I signed up straight away. Not so eager however to sign up to the Swaziland half marathon that Sarah has put up on the noticeboard. Turns out she's a pretty good runner and runs that distance at ...
aaahhhhhhh
... to find out what they're called, I think they may be a kind of acacia but I don't know. By the time we crossed into Swaziland it was dark so I didn't see much. The backpackers where I decided to stay is in a game park, and wonderfully quiet and peaceful, ...
Scissors
Should've noticed earlier than I did that the barbers I went into had no scissors, anywhere, at all. So my plea for a number 3 back & sides and a bit off the top turned into a haircut my late Grandfather'd be proud ...
Mabibi
It was quite fitting that we bid Gerda goodbye in St Lucia's Wimpy with their legendary coffee and toasted cheese and tomato sandwiches. It is amazing what you become loyal to. Marvin gave me a four week (5 hours every Tuesday) gourmet cooking course for ...
Push Hard
... . Old woman (sitting down next to us) - hello, how're you? Us - We're fine thanks ow - What're you doing in Swaziland? Us - We're volunteering, doing building work up in Mlindazwye ow - Ah okay and so you looking for a good time, mebe some massage, ...
Painting the House Red (well terracotta actually)
Wednesday - Thomas departs, leaving me with the last bits of the project to manage and with a couple of criptic warnings about the way All Out operates. Anyway we need to start painting tomorrow, so off I go to the paint wholesalers with the E100 ...
The Wedding Crashers
... watched from the edge, feeling very Michael Palin-esque, and trying not to get in the way. It's a good example of what the people of Swaziland are like. I mean how would you feel if 10+ black tourists rocked up at your wedding just to ...
House Party!!
Most of Monday was spent running about collecting & borrowing things for the housewarming party - chairs & benches from a local church, loads of food and booze from wholesalers (including the worlds biggest bag of Wotsits), music, lights, a ...
Swaziland
... echt toch naar Swaziland moet gaan. Dus....de volgende dag een busje genomen ri. Jeppe's Reef, de border crossing tussen SA en Swaziland. Bij de grens merk ik al snel de vriendelijkheid van de mensen. Zoveel anders dan in South Africa. Van Jeppe's Reef ...
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 ...
Day 132 - Swaziland, Ezulwini - The Big Five
... lost. Couple of lazy buffalo chilling on a river bank. Just endless viewing. Drove out bottom gate and headed towards Swaziland. Crossed over boarder around noon. No problems with our passports (not being stamped in or out of Lesotho) so all ...
Weekend in the Swaz
... on the continent), bordered by South Africa on three sides except to the east, where it borders Mozambique. Like Lesotho, Swaziland was formed by a group of indigeous people trying to escape from the chaos of the colonization of Southern Africa. What ...
Kingdom
My Long Lost Son
... and another mouth to feed meant more food to grow and more cotton to pick. The World Vision organization arrived in Swaziland and set about the difficult task of choosing children most in need for their sponsorships program. Both Banele and ...
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 ...
Swaziland
... shorter than the previous 2 so it went very smoothly. As we crossed the border I remembered what Modlin had told me - Swaziland was a dictatorship! Strange feeling! On the way Manzini, there were very few accommodations but most of the land on the side ...
entering the Kingdom
We arrived in Swaziland late at night from the Baz Bus. We stayed at Sondzela Backpackers inside Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary in a Rondavel (a round, private hut). It was a great setting, very romantic and in the middle of nowhere. The ...
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 ...