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March 24 Swaziland, a country where your mini-bus driving 80 km/h uses no signals to pass a police car in a 40 km/h zone. Actually, we nearly rear-ended the police car because we were driving so fast… No issues. No second guessing… I have met a guy here who has never ever heard of McDonald’s. That is amazing. That is beautiful! Swaziland is a safe country. They still have the death penalty here, but hearsay is that no one has...
March 23 Swaziland is far more developed than I ever would have guessed. It sort of feels ahead of South Africa, though it has its crazy, charming traditional ways that it hangs onto. I was expecting grass skirts and grass huts here. Instead, it is huge supermarkets, strip malls and restaurants that could be in Europe. Yea, in Swaziland. I know. It is weird for me too… Oh, and another weird thing for me is how people call money “bucks”...
March 22 Here, try this. Here is a handy-dandy set of helper words if you are about to arrive in Swaziland! [su_box title=”Some siSwati Phrases:” box_color=”#d2cece” title_color=”#070606″ radius=”1″] Hello – Sawubona Thank you – Ngiyabonga (I), Siyabonga (we) Goodbye – Hamba kahle (go well) Goodbye – Sala kahle (stay well) How are you ? – Kunjanl? I am well — Ngikhona How much? — Malini? Yes – Yebo No – Cha[/su_box] It was misting all day, but I really wanted...
March 21 I said goodbye to Maritza in the morning and then Toby drove me into the center of Johannesburg. The city is a massive, sprawling, urban area built of clusters of suburbs. There are huge areas of population and then there are green areas with a forest. Then, another patch of city. The, more forest as you blast through it all on a freeway at 120 km/h. Johannesburg is a very pretty. [su_pullquote align=”left”]2,000-3,000 curious tourists visit the museum...
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