I can’t believe how
quickly time seems to be moving, before I know it I’ll be graduating from
University, quite unbelievable eh?!
This holiday is
probably the most adventurous I’ve ever had in years. It’s so lovely out here
in the South, my family and I spent our last week of 2015 touring around
Swaziland. And I was honestly awed by the experience for the little kingdom had
me thinking of Scotland.
We stayed at the
country side since the wildlife and the outdoor adventures are what took us
there. The drive to our hotel was so tranquilizing I almost went cuckoo, as we
ascended the hilly road in the midst of tall Eucalyptus tree plantations we
caught glimpses of the country that were quite beautiful.
First morning at the
hotel was something like from the novels. I could feel how crisp and fresh the
air was ||don’t ask me how|| there
was also fog with a backdrop of the wind rustling the trees, insects &
birds chirping and occasionally the monkeys playing. ||Sighs||
Honestly the weather made me miss my hometown Arusha.
Later that morning we
did some trekking at the Phophonyane falls and nature reserve, which I can
assure you killed my feet. However, it was worth every rippling ache on my
muscles because the view, the freeing experience and the air was all awesome.
We spent the next day at Malolotja national park, car trekking about taking in
the sights since we couldn’t go gliding. The rest of the afternoon was then
spent at Ngwenya glass factory and mines.
Historical fact: Did you know that Ngwenya mines is one of
the oldest mines in the world? And it was occupied by all sorts of people over its
millennia i.e the San from the South, the Bantu smelters from East Africa and
then the whites.
We had a look through
at the Ngwenya museum and went over to check out a dam that is filled with rain
water and apparently never dries up whatever the weather. And it is a few
hundred meters deep, this signifies how deep the people had dug for iron ore
over the years.
Down at the glass
factory, I really loved how they recycle glass and make all sorts of astounding
items. They had drinking glasses of all sorts, little glass ornaments, vases,
wine coolers and the list goes on and on. Too bad my camera didn’t have enough
battery for some few shots.
With all this lovely
detail, I’d love to mourn the loss of my best photos of the Ngwenya mine. I
absentmindedly deleted all my beautiful masterpieces…life can be very cruel sometimes.
Have a lovely week dearies.
p.s. All photos are taken by me
