August 11th-15th, 2012
To finish up Mom’s time in Africa we visited the other three
regions. I live in the Lubombo region,
so I took Mom down to the Shiselweni region were I had my pre-service
training. We stayed with my
training host family for two nights and cooked them an American meal as well. This time we made wild rice, chicken,
and broccoli hot dish, a make shift meatloaf with rice crackers so I could eat
it, and backed potatoes. We cooked
everything in a wood burning stove and the hot dish and meatloaf turned out
well. The potatoes took till next
morning to actually cook all the way – they made for a good breakfast. It was great to have my mom meet my
other Swazi family and see where I had all my trainings.
We also spent a few hours in the Manzini region in the town
of Manzini visiting the craft market and having lunch. Then it was off to the Hho Hho region. We spent a night in Milwane Game Park
and visited some touristy craft places in the Ezlwini Valley. Then for Mom’s last day we headed to
Mbabane and stayed at the PCV’s home away from home: Bambaso backpackers. We spent the afternoon at Ngwenya Glass
Factory watching them make hand-blown glassware out of recycled glass
bottles. It was fun and the
products are so beautiful. Mom
took an early shuttle to Jo-burg airport the next day. It was sad to say goodbye for another
year, but I am so glad that I got to share this experience with someone from
home! Thanks for an awesome 22 day
adventure Mom!!
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