Dear All My last two days in the wonderful little Kingdom of Swaziland were spent at the very special Hlane Royal National Park. I checked out of my very spacious self-catering chalet and said goodbye to its very helpful host, Lello, before taking two minibuses from the nearby Gables shopping centre to the Park. The first minibus took a ridiculous one-and-a-half hours to drive the mere 15 miles to Swaziland's largest city Manzini, stopping off everywhere and often waiting ages for passengers - it was really frustrating. Upon arrival at Manzini's very chaotic minibus station, the minibus driver very helpfully pointed out the next minibus I needed to take heading to the eastern Swazi town of Simunye, but with an empty stomach and another potentially long minibus ride ahead of me, I thought I'd stop off
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