Swaziland 6-7 May 2012

After an eventful start to our morning, the rest of the trip to Swaziland was smooth going.

 We left Dolphin Holiday Resort in Ballito at midnight. When we got to the exit boom at Dolphin Holiday Resort, the guard held up the boom for us. I fortunately was out of the truck directing Grant when I noticed that the electrical cables above the truck were getting hooked on the paddle board. I climbed up on the roof and held them up so that we  could pass under. As we got free of the ones at the back, we snagged a low hanging one in the front. A bit of a circus for that time of the morning, but fortunately no damage. Yeah!!

 Mitch’s diary entry: When we got to the Border post it took like five minutes in and out and then we hit the road to Hlane and we were singing the song,” Hit the road Jack and don’t come back no more, no more.” Then we arrived at Hlane. Bryce and Aimee got their cameras and went straight to the watering hole. I followed them and there were two hippos and nine rhinos. Did you know? Rhino is the most endangered species in Swaziland. So we were lucky to see one, never mind nine.  Then we went to the campsite and setup.

MITCH’S CLASSROOM IN SWAZILAND

Aimee…….. This morning  we were lying in bed and I could hear the rhinos and birds. By the way we are in Swaziland. We went to watch the rhinos and one of the rhinos nearly charged Bryce and I.

RHINO AT WATERING HOLE

Bryce…. Hlane means Wilderness in Swazi. There are hippo, rhino, buck, elephant and warthog. There is no electricity at the campsite so we are using our solar charger to try it out. There are lots of trees which make it nice and shady. This morning we went for a game drive and we saw Impala, (which you can recognise from the black tuft of hair above their heels), a big spider and a Maribou stork. It was fun to be up so high and see so much.

Lucille and Sally ( an idea for bike rack stands for Trail-a-thon)