Friday from Swaziland

Most of our Friday was spent on the bus.  A welcome late 8am start to board the bus and drive back to South Africa.  Just a couple of entertaining stops at a rest station.  Interesting??? because we were the curiosities.  Being that Swaziland is so rural when there is any type of shopping area, that isn’t a roadside stand, they carry everything.  This stop had food, sundries, personal items, bikes, grills, deworming devices, etc.  Oh wait  I guess you could call that Walgreens.

Arrived at the Zulu Lodge and Traditional Village for a great braai (remember BBQ)  Lots of good food that followed the pattern we have become accustomed to…chicken, beef, sausage, cole slaw, beets, and lettuce salad.  Just as D2 and I discovered in China, there are just some things that are part of every meal.  What we haven’t decided yet is whether is if this is something that they would typically serve or if it is an International version.  (Side note-our hotel has a while bus of Germans and the food is still the same and they don’t seem to be questioning it either.)

After lunch we moved to the village for some traditional drink (if you been to Fiji, think Kava Ceremony), dance and learning.  Then off to our hotel for a rest, dinner and early to bed.  Last game drive tomorrow at 5am.

Your tax $$$$$ at work.  This is a brand new 3 story building going up that will
be a new American Embassy in Swaziland.  Some wonder why a nation of 1 million
people should rate such a structure when other larger countries have nothing.  They
question what will really be taking place here.