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After spending one day in Pretoria and going on a guided tour of Soweto, we headed for Swaziland. We stayed two days at the orphanage in Nhlangano before travelling by kombi to Mbabane. From there we arranged a hiking tour in the Komati Valley. It was a really beautiful place, although our crazy guide turned out to be slightly disorganised.

Southern Africa 2000 - Part 5: Soweto and Swaziland

Jan Arild Teland
2006-05-09 00:02:39

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few blocks to Ster Kinekor.

On coming out of the cinema, we noticed that a black guy who had been "hanging around" outside the entrance when we entered, suddenly started walking right behind us up the street. This could, of course, be a complete coincidence, but just to be on the safe side we started walking very fast and soon the guy was far behind. Paranoid us? Surely not :-) At Ster Kinekor we saw "Charlie's Angels", not a very impressive film, but okay to pass the time with. After the movie we walked straight back to Kia-Ora without encountering any trouble.

Back at Kia-Ora we tried calling Mbabane Backpackers to obtain more information on some of the tours listed in their brochure, but unfortunately nobody answered the phone. We also used the Internet for a while and later called home to ensure that our parents had returned from Denmark and everything was okay.

For dinner we wanted to try something new from the menu and we were not disappointed. We got so much food we couldn't eat it all, but as usual it tasted very well. We gave lots of tip and made the chef very happy.

Later we packed most of our stuff, but decided to keep the safety box with our flight tickets and other stuff we had no immediateneed for. We went to bed early but I woke up several times during the night having to visit the bathroom.

November 27, Monday

When the alarm rang at 05.10, we got up and were ready to leave at 05.30. Kia-Ora does pick ups and drop offs at the bus station for free, so at 05.50 we were driven the short distance to the Greyhound terminal by the owner. He chose a creative route (some of it was actually on the side walk), but we got there alive and with lots of time to spare. On coming back to Pretoria we would arrive rather late at night, so he made us promise to call them immediately when we arrived, so we wouldn't have to walk there through the streets.

The bus left ...