Morning! It's just taken us 17 mins to get to this page on the internet which probably explains why uploading photos is nearly inpossible! It may be because the technology is very dated, or it may be that we are getting charged 15 Rand per quarter of an hour! Anyway, we have passed back through the Swazi border into South Africa and are staying at a smallish place called Bushlands, slightly inland, in the middle of what can only be described as a picturesque s...

Morning!We've crossed the border into Swaziland now and are staying at the aptly named 'Swaziland Backpackers' which has a few too many students staying for our liking but is clean and friendly and again, the alcohol is stupidly cheap.We will probably stay here for 2 or 3 days before moving down the coast towards Durban and may even stay in Margate for a night! By the way, there doesn't seem to be any mobile networks here so any texts wont get through for a few d...

Hiya!!! Just got back from our 2 night safari which was amazing! We saw 4 of 'the big 5' but the guides don't like talking about the 'big 5' as it's obviously just a commercialized thing. Anyway we saw: Lion, Buffalo, Elephant and Rhino (that's the 4) but also saw giraffe, zebra, hippo, crocodile, wilderbeast, warthog, monkey, and on our way out of the park this morning, we were so lucky to see 2 cheetas. They were so close to us, lying in the road that we had t...

Well as you can see, we've arrived safe and well and were glad to get out of Jo'burg. Not only was it freezing cold, but the 16ft alarmed barbed wire fences looked a bit threatening too! Anyway we got out first taste of the Baz Bus yesterday and couldn't get out of Jo'burg quick enough. Around 4 hours later, we arrived in Nelspruit at 'Funky Monkey's' which is great. The bed is the most comfortable one I've slept on in ages and the staff are very frindly. It's e...