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1995
Swaziland - Cairo to Capetown
Bec2004-09-20 13:51:01
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Mbabane
Getting here was half the fun. In Durban I took a taxi to the Interstate bus station which was the only public transport available for Mbabane. The Interstate bus line is used only by blacks. I left around 2 PM on a bus full of Swazi women peddlers who were returning home with whatever merchandise they had not sold at the Durban market. I was sleeping when the bus arrived in Mbabane around 2 AM, no one woke me up so I slept on until daybreak.
Allister Miller street where I found a hotel for 20 US$.
There was not much to see in Mbabane but I had to stay a couple of days to get a visa for Mozambique. There was an interesting market where I bought a pair of soapstone heads which I shipped home. I brought back few pictures because attempts to take photos provoked angry cries and even some rock throwing near the market.
There was nobody around the Swazi Plaza shopping center on Sunday so it was safe to photograph.
The following Tuesday I took a mini bus to nearby Manzini and a regular bus from there to Maputo.
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