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After taking a look at the nice beach outside Maputo we returned to the "safety" of Swaziland. The next day we took the bus to Johannesburg and stayed the night at the Drifters Inn. On our final day in South Africa we went on a guided tour of Johannesburg before flying home to Norway in the evening.

South African Adventure 1999, Part 11: From Swaziland back to Johannesburg and home to Oslo

Jan Arild Teland
2006-05-08 20:37:40

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so on. However, on the whole the newspaper seemed much better than I had expected in advance.

We went to bed at our normal time of 2200. It's just amazing how early we had been going to bed during this holiday. On a normal workday, I usually go to bed at 0100, but here in Africa I was mostly dead tired by 2200. On the other hand, here we often got up at 0600, while in Norway, I'd get up around 0730. Strange holiday, going to bed and getting up earlier than in normal life...

Day 30 - July 26

This would be our last day in Swaziland. We got up around 0800 and went over to Borgny to eat our last breakfast here.

During breakfast we learned that there had been some trouble at the orphanage while we had been away. Apparently, a water pipe in the bathroom had been damaged, resulting in several rooms being covered in water. It looked like a real mess down there, and the situation seemed to require a plumber. This was a huge problem because there was no plumber in Nhlangano or anywhere else around here according to Borgny. Instead they would have to improvise a solution themselves.

Fortunately, Borgny has 45 years of experience in dealing with the unexpected here in Swaziland, and with some help from the children, the problem was fixed to complete satisfaction during the day.

There was one thing on today's agenda, which I was quite nervous about. We wanted to call Drifters and have them confirm that they would pick us up at the bus terminal in Johannesburg tonight. The reason I was so nervous about this was that Drifters had changed their minds about picking us up every time we had been in contact with them. If they continued in the same pattern, they would this time refuse to pick us up. Fortunately, I eventually got Crystal on the line, and she said that everything was OK. What could possibly go wrong now?

We now spent some time writing our final postcards, updating our ...