26/1/2011 I collected my rafting CD and waited for the Aussies boys (as they were giving me a lift) watching NatGeo Wild. Waited two hours but they did turn up! We had a quick trip to pick 'n' Pay where Timmy got three huge different cake slices for £2. They looked awesome. I used the remainder of my Swazi currency (which is exactly the same rate to the pound as the rand and the accept the rand there anyway) on a couple of tiny chocolate bars. We raced off ...

25/1/2011 Ra, Tim and Will (Aussies) were doing the Caving so I joined in despite it costing £65. I had to kill time until 4pm so went shopping and debated whether to go to the cinema to watch Due Date for £2.80 (it was half price on a Wednesday), but ended up missing it as it may have clashed with my trip. Another random meal with gouda cheese, hot dogs and wholemeal bread and lasagne! Tried using the internet at a café but apparently it was down in the ar...

24/1/2011 I had forked out £85 for a day of white water rafting as I had never done it before. I had to do something in Swaziland that was cool and Mike wouldn't come Adventure Caving because of a dodgy knee. So off I went early doors along with a group of four travelling Kiwis. Most of these guys had lived or were living in London though and loved it! We were briefed by our local instructor whilst Andy pumped up the 'croc rafts', and we slipped into the Usut...

23/1/2011 Finished off the food I had left in the hostel only to realise that breakfasts were free anyway! Missed out on that! Started chatting to an Aussie girl and watching the Eng v Aus game with her before she offered to give me a lift to the bus station. I managed to get a bus for £10 to Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland. The buses were actually quite nice. Since the world cup, there seems to have been a decent funding in the transport as there are loads...

22/1/2011 All of except Anke rose at 4.45am to see of we could find anymore exciting wildlife. It was still a bit dark but our first spot was the supposed hardest of the Big Five (rhino, elephant, lion, leopard and buffalo) to spot. We saw a leopard prowling the road but didn't want to drive too close and scare it away. Only negative was we didn't get any good photos. I spent most of the day breaking the laws of the park by hanging out of the window and hold...