http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Swaziland/Manzini/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Swaziland , Manzini en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:30:45 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:30:45 UTC Part 2 of my major catchup. Basically this takes me through safari in the Kruger National Park and Swaziland.DAY 76 AUCKLAND SYDNEY JOHANNESBURGThe flights via Sydney were nothing special. I think I watched 5 movies or so. After my 18 hours in the air it was good to see Dad in the Jo'burg Arrivals Lounge. Went straight back to our place for the next couple of nights and had pizza for te http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Swaziland/Manzini/blog-289371.html The best things come in small packagesWe arrived in Swaziland by bus changing our minds enroute about where exactly we were going. Having been used to the HUGE distances between towns in Mozambique we hadnrsquot quite downscaled our thinking properly when it came to tiny Swazi and the travelling time between towns.So we ended up in Manzini not actually the capital but the busiest city in th http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Swaziland/Manzini/blog-262884.html The day started slow. Around 10am we decided to split up the team and I got to go out with Deano Miles and Magugu to the rural area to the east and we filmed boys herding cattle. We did some portraits and shots of the boys with the cattle and I got a little sound but nothing great. We kept driving and as luck would have it the first homestad we stopped at allowed us to shoot portraits of their http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Swaziland/Manzini/blog-142569.html Unable to stay longer than a night here as the frigin baz bus will not run untill Tuesday now and that is tolate for me.Vey anoyed by this as I was really looking forward to seeing this small country instead im rushing throughFrom what i have seen though this place is beautiful staying in a nature reserve its so quiet here.Fantistc view of the mountains from the dorm room.Looked in to getting p http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Swaziland/Manzini/blog-134116.html On our final journey with Bazza we said goodbye to South Africa and crossed over the border into the small landlocked country of Swaziland. Everyone had told us that although Swazi' was small it was big in character and colour and that we stood a good chance of adding to our newly acquired animal collection with the numerous game reserves in the area. There were several backpackers to choose f http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Swaziland/Manzini/blog-73008.html