Friday 10th July: South Africa- Swaziland-South Africa.:
We had breakfast at 7.30 today & we were on the road at 8.45.
We’ve chosen to cross into Swaziland today, but only for the day. We
will enter at the northern border post of Joseful-Bulembu. Later on, we
will exit at the southern border post of Sicunusa-Houdkop. That will
bring us to our destination town of Vryheid, where we will spend the
night.
It was an amazing scenic drive to Swaziland and we climbed a
really steep mountain pass, saddleback hill, soon after leaving
Barberton. Poor old Dusty could only manage some parts in first gear. We
seemed to cross range after range of mountains and the 40 kms journey
took just over two hours. We appeared to be the only ones going to Swazi
today as the roads were empty except for roadwork vehicles. Our plan is
to drive through the country and exit late afternoon, and drive to
Vryheid, which is back in South Africa. The border post exiting SA
& entering Swazi was super smooth and friendly. The dirt road
was really poor although the scenery was lovely, just lots of trees
everywhere.
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When we got to Piggs Peak about an hour away, we got
tar road and headed for Mbabane, the capital city. We arrived there
about 1pm & after a quick look around, headed for the valley
area to have lunch at Malandellas Farm Restaurant. We got here about
1.30 and it’s absolutely gorgeous, with craft shops, and an entertaining
area where there is music in the evening and a good restaurant.
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| From Dust and Diesel 2 - The return to the South |
We were through the border post into South Africa, entering Mpumalanga just after 4pm and we drove to Vryheid, arriving there
at 6.
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| From Dust and Diesel 2 - The return to the South |
We quickly located a lodge for the night and then
went for dinner to Dee’s restaurant nearby. It wasn’t very nice food but
it sufficed. We’ve had an awful lot worse. After dinner, we didn’t hang
around and were back in the lodge by 10pm.
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