Hacienda De Mita Ezulwini

... without it. These unnatural flows can be unnerving, and for the first time since I don’t know when, I feel lonely, maybe not as bad as LA, but still loneliness, setting in fast like rigor mortis. Where is everybody going? What will they do when they get there? Can I go too? I’m doing exactly what I accuse my Thai wife of doing, getting attached to the passing show, getting attached to the mirror. Does that sound ...

... Village and Mantenga Waterfalls. We had no transport so we walked the two kilometres to the village and then a further 800m climb to the falls. It was pretty warm out and I was exhausted by the time we got there since I still wasn't feeling 100%. The climb to the falls was well worth it. They were really beautiful. Randomly there were two armed guards walking around the falls with shot guns. I never found out why?


We went for a bit of lunch in the village restaurant ...

This was our only full day in Swaziland, and it was a good one. We left Mantenga at 8:30 after another good breakfast, and I was thinking that I liked the lodging and breakfasts of this program more than any other study abroad that I had ever done. The itinerary was nearly perfect, Rudolf the best guide possible, the bus as comfortable and spacious as we could ever expect, the prices good, and the group a nice one. The downsides were the problems in the first few days ...

I was out the door of our chalet by 5:45 am to go on a sunrise game drive, but the clouds overhead dampened my enthusiasm for seeing an African sunrise in the wild. It was cold again and I had 4 layers on my upper body, Suzan's scarf over my cap and anorak hood, and a blanket across my lap provided by Hluhluwe. We had a slightly better viewing experience than the night before, with the highlight being a close sighting of white rhinos. We saw ...

Contrairement a l europe, peu d etat en afrique sont encore des royaumes, le swaziland est un exceptions.
Peu de d attractions touristiques majeurs a part si on veut voir des rhinos noirs (ce qui n etait pas mon cas). Le seul veritable attrait se sont des ...

... that the doc i was working with called it "one of the most depressing days" she has worked in the hospital. Patient 1: So while we pull into the lot of the hospital, we see a familiar face. this lady comes up to us with a sick baby and then tells us that she is taken care of at the clinic. so we read over her papers and it says that the baby needs to be admitted to the hospital. so we tell her to go to the hospital and get the baby admitted. so end of story right? well apprently ...

... There should be a lot more than that. At least a few words. Also their growth and height curves are definatley stunted. If they get started on medications, they can often catch up if it is early enough. But one of the docs was like "didn't you notice all those 16 yr old at the mall that are like 5 foot tall?" and I was like "I guess they were 12 yr olds!!". Today was also the day for ear infections. I saw 3 kids w/them and treated them with it. Also ...

... the park. That gives me hope that things are changing but it is quite hard to change overnite. I saw the Valley which was beautiful. Amazing mountains surrounding beautiful sugar cane fields. It was amazing tapestry and scenary. I came home and just relaxed last nite but I did go out for dinner with one of the doctors and her husband and son and we had a good time eating at the local chicken place. I did not eat chicken. I ate a veggie burger. But ...

... the drive. Started off pretty so so - it was dark so had spotties on either side of the truck. Saw a giraffe and elephant before coming across a male lion wondering up the middle of the road. Cool. He came pretty close so managed to get some photos but not super good quality due to lack of light. Still he was very impressive with his beautiful mane. Further long we came across a pride of female lions and their cubs. Adorable. Sat there for ...

... at around 6 PM and immediately joined in the que for dinner. They had this amazing chicken stew that was served over rice and this delicious potato casserole. The ladies cook it over the fire. We met these really nice English girls and we all headed to the bar after dinner. The bar's electricity wasn't working so we drank by candlelight. I tried a cider (Savannah Dry to be exact) and I became a fan. It tastes so much better than beer. The next day, we woke up and went on a long ...