Reillys Rock Hilltop Lodge Mbabane

... casino and this attracted many South Africans to visit. It is still a casino mecca today and it is hosting one of the biggest poker tournaments in Africa.

Just before we arrive at our destination we stop at the Ngwenya Glass factory. It was started initially as a Swedish aid project in 1979, but stalled, and a South African family rejuvenated it in 1987. Today it has become a gold mine for the locals. The glass is all made and blown on-site, mainly using ...

... it. We’re playing for keeps here. That’s like saying in 1500, "sorry no books; printing press is broken." Fix it, Momofuku.

J*#n, probably not his real name, is the last of a dying breed, the good-old-fashioned American ex-pat doper. The irony is that he’s even younger than me, a semi-retired ‘dot-comer,’ though I wonder... He usually lives in Mozambique ‘doing a little telecom ...

... tried ringing the hostel where we all booked our tickets to see if they could help. After an hour and a half of us all sitting there with the two lads refusing to get off the bus everyone was starting to get really aggravated. I got off the bus to stretch my legs and this so called "Christian" missionary had a go at me for trying to help them. What a hypocrite! It turns out they all were in the end as some turned pretty nasty after a while. I won't even comment on their manners ...

Well as I get closer to departing, I thought it would be interesting to reflect on my experiences here w/Swazi culture. It is quite different from East Africa. When I worked and lived in Kenya, the people are very friendly and warm, even in a big city like Nairobi. It was also incredibly diverse as many different tribal and ethnic groups and religions co-exist there. My experiences with Swazi culture were very different than I anticipated. The people ...

Well so I am closing in on my last week here. Yesterday I went to this clinic in a fairily isolated place here in Swaziland. It was a beautiful 1 hr ride to get there. When we got there, the idea was that we were supposed to only go to see patients in the clinic. But I guess there was no doctor there to round on the children who were hospitalized....and on the weekends, the doctors don't see the patients...and at this clinic there are no ...

So this past weekend was quite fun. It was my last here in Swaziland. On friday I went to this party thrown by a bunch of ex-pats and it was a themed party....the theme was S. So it was an S-party. Well I could have gone as Sumeeth, but that would have been lame. Instead the only thing I could come up with is wearing my South Africa shirt I got last week. Hey it's worth a try....I could have also gone as Stupid, Souless, or Sarcastic....so this was ...

So back to work....well i went to the government hospital w/one of the pediatricians to round on some patients there....interesting that I just came from robben island prison because i wonder if they used the same architect. this place had more bars and alleyways than alcatraz....it did not look like a place to heal people....now i understand why often the parents don't want to go the hospital when they are supposed to be admitted. in any case, i went to the overcrowded pediatric ...

Hello everyone, I am back again and doing clinical medical work this time....i can't spend all my time partying it up in cape town!! Well I came back and started clinic on Tuesday and worked with this amazing Argentinian doctor. He was a great teacher and really spent a lot of time going over things with me. I had a great time. Some interesting things that we saw were 1 lady who just delivered her baby and was here for f/u for her and the child. She ...

Hello everyone, Time for another installment of "Swazi Adventures"......well lets see what has happened since my last blog. Yesterday, I went to the market and bought a bunch of items. I got the shopping out of the way. I feel relieved and I am glad. I went to the Ezulwini Valley and Malkerns which are the two major areas for handicrafts. There were some beautiful items and i am excited about getting them. One thing I noticed, there were big tour buses ...

... huge glass statues. They also gave demonstrations of all of the glass blowing and sculpting which was really good. Later that day we headed into the town to have a look around and jump on the net for a few minutes. In the place we possibly Swaziland's 3 biggest Westlife fans and I mean that in every way possible. Whoa mama! But there wasn't a whole lot else to do so we headed back to the accommodation for dinner and a few beers.