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| 512 Reports in From Swaziland |
| 06.13.04 (2:32 am) [edit] |
He we are in the World's last true Monarchy, ruled by a 20- something- year-old King who likes women and palaces (he accumulates another of each every year). The country has the world's highest HIV prevalence rates, currently around 35%. It's also the smallest country south of the equator, and should only take us a few hours to get across so we can move into Mozambique this afternoon.
We're stationed in the capital of Swaziland right now, Mbabane, although it looks nothing like a nation's capital. Maybe 50,000 people tops - the Swazi bank is the only building with more than four stories. We got a pretty good look at the city on our morning climb up one of the nearby mountains.
Anyway, once we've crossed into Mozambique, we're gonna spend the night in Maputo. We'll then move up the coast and return to the serene beach town Tofu that we hit up on our last trip through. After that, we're gonna cut into the mainland - through some of the rural areas of the world's poorest country (or third- poorest, depending on your source). We'll take a backwater- border crossing into Zimbabwe, and finish off the trip in Bulawayo. You probably won't hear from us until that point, as Internet access is pretty limited in Mozambique...
DL Fitch & Justice
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posted by: Seetse (reply)
post date: 12.07.04 (2:53 am)
hi
Im actually from SA and had to just set u straight about King Mswati's age he hasn't been 20-something for quite a long time now!
posted by: dlfitch (reply)
post date: 12.10.04 (12:37 pm)
You are correct, he is 36. Still pretty young for a king, though... (he was 18 when he was crowned, correct?)
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