Leaving Qwabiti

30th June 2011 w/p 750 S 26’ 29.432 E 031’.06 041 altitude 1350mts

It was a horrible departure from that beautiful place high on top of that Swazi Mountain ….a Lairds Scottish Castel  …….we hope those SooLoos  we purchased as a small departing gift ( beautiful crafted grass chicken coops) are working and those chickens are laying lots of eggs.

Swazi SooLoos beautiful hand made chicken coups/nesting boxes.

We will never forget your kindness smiles that infectious laugh and those rubbing hands…plus that Cayenne pepper I am still taking……100% Chris…..100%

THANKS SO MUCH TO THE THOMSONS AND THEIR WONDERFUL HOUSE ……QWABITI……..which has a wonderful translation from SiSwati, meaning ………..A BLINK OF AN EYE…. Continue reading

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Swaziland to Mozambique

Sad was not the feeling I had when we finally needed to move on from our wonderful stay in Swaziland. Words would be hard to find to try and explain the friendship which was cemented between two families’ in such a short time.

It was chocked up throats and wet eyes and words never really needed to be spoken as we hugged our farewells in up town Johannesburg as I returned back to Swaziland in John’s Toyota back to Qwabit (John’s house) in Swaziland as John was heading off for a week of rugby in Kenya, just to prove what big babies we really are. Continue reading

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The Kingdom Of Swaziland

I have wanted to come to Swaziland ever since I could remember, so far back I must have been in my early school days ,I can still see those wonderful  dressed Zulu warriors  their beautiful  beaded garments  as I turned those pages of those ancient National Geographic magazines while completing my detention in the school library…….Those detention lines still firmly stuck in my mind……………………I must not play the fool  in Mr Koch class….I must not play the fool in Mr Koch class a 100 times or more …….as I watched my class mates play outside!!!!.

WE ARRIVE AT THE SWAZI BORDER MAHAMBA FROM SOUTH AFRICA

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Images of Swaziland

Some amazing images of the African continent!

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