Our last night at Sondzela was so much better than our first night. First of all it was dry. Secondly we met three of the other guests at dinner. Our dinner was simple - Sahmyook ramen. Alice (Aussie) and Ivan (South African living in Australia) signed up for the home-cooked dinner provided by the hostel. The Sondzela provided so much food for their dinner, they shared their three salads: potato, beetroot and green lettuce. The third was an American who cooked himself spaghetti noodles and a can of veggie stew, possibly curry.
Alice and Ivan had arrived that day from Kruger. Not sure what they do in Australia but they were on a one month holiday in SA.
The guy from California had been traveling for a few months already, having taken the semester off from grad school to travel Europe, the Middle East and South Africa. I can't remember where he was going next but he would be traveling for another few months before returning home next summer.
It's always interesting the people you meet at hostels (called backpackers in South Africa). Very few are ever traveling for a short period like myself, two weeks. At a minimum most are traveling for a month. Amy and I both agreed we wished we could have that much time to travel. But we were also thinking the same thing - how do these people afford to travel for a month or more, especially considering most of them seem to be students.
After saying our good nights and cleaning up, we returned to our room to pack up and get to bed early. I took some more pain relievers to hopefully help me sleep through the night. Based on Google Maps, we had a 6-hour, 400+ km journey ahead to the Ampitheatre Backpackers in Northern Drakensberg and we wanted to get an early start.
As has been the trend since my arrival, we woke up much earlier than planned so we departed Swaziland shortly after 7am on Friday.
Alice and Ivan had arrived that day from Kruger. Not sure what they do in Australia but they were on a one month holiday in SA.
The guy from California had been traveling for a few months already, having taken the semester off from grad school to travel Europe, the Middle East and South Africa. I can't remember where he was going next but he would be traveling for another few months before returning home next summer.
It's always interesting the people you meet at hostels (called backpackers in South Africa). Very few are ever traveling for a short period like myself, two weeks. At a minimum most are traveling for a month. Amy and I both agreed we wished we could have that much time to travel. But we were also thinking the same thing - how do these people afford to travel for a month or more, especially considering most of them seem to be students.
After saying our good nights and cleaning up, we returned to our room to pack up and get to bed early. I took some more pain relievers to hopefully help me sleep through the night. Based on Google Maps, we had a 6-hour, 400+ km journey ahead to the Ampitheatre Backpackers in Northern Drakensberg and we wanted to get an early start.
As has been the trend since my arrival, we woke up much earlier than planned so we departed Swaziland shortly after 7am on Friday.
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