Overlanding Adventure Ride Though The Kingdom of Eswatini - EP. 84

Welcome to Swaziland So the border crossing was nice and easy I didn't even have to do the tip temporary import declaration They just gave me a piece of paper I had to pay 100 run And that, that was it Just stamp in your passport No Visa fees It was really The most, the easiest border crossing in Africa I think I'm so green, beautiful Do you sell water? No water? Coca-Cola? Nothing? No drinks? Shop? Where is it? Oh that building there And what about that way? No? No shops? How do I get to this shop but? All right, I'll leave it Okay That one yeah? Hello This way So hot It's 42 degrees Hello Do you sell water? Water? Can I have a What do you have? Do you have Coca-Cola? No cans? Is that the only shop? Over there? Thank you So hot Oh dear I would ride my bike if I knew it's gonna be such a long walk Third time lucky Oh this supermarket, yes Incomplete Found water at the bar Actually I just fill up my Lada water bottle with tap water because there was no bottles available It's better than nothing And I have filter on That should be, should be fine Where am I? Yeah, this Still 130 k's to go today That's north Swaziland Just beautiful mountains It's so pretty Look at this forest This is so cool Wow, a plantation What are these trees? I wonder Wow, this is so pretty Went too far All right, let's check this place Apparently it's fancy one But I hope they have option Come on, a little bit more Option for camping So that's good I mean, I don't know if that's good We'll see Not, we're gonna have to look for something else Woohoo, made it Just ride through I guess Look terrible, eh? I do feel terrible as well So just because So today was tough So I've decided to spoil myself and not camp Because it's really super hot And I really need a shower So I'm staying in this lodge Hey, ain't bad A little bit bigger than my tent There is a bath That's it I think I'm gonna stay here today This is so pretty Look at this And all of that for $30 per night I think it's a good deal That's it I think I'll be staying here two nights Yep Time to move on I spent here three nights It was so, so nice It rained pretty much for the whole time Are you going back from school? Yeah? How was school? Was good? It's good Hold on, what have I got? I've got lunch What's your name? There you go My name is Kinga Nice to meet you And your name? And yours? Nice to meet you There you go Hold on, hold on I think I have something else Let me just check I may as well have pencils I'm not sure but let me check Oh, look at you You're lucky today Okay There you go I have pencils for you for school One Two Three, four Have a good day guys Nice to meet you Bye Finally I'll be camping again So I arrived to Legend Backpackers And that's the facilities they've got For camping Which is great It's been a while since I set up my tent I'll stay here for two nights Tomorrow I'll be going for a little tour to Swazi cultural village And then I'll head south And there's someone else on the campsite And I'm gonna introduce you to her very, very soon Okay, are you ready? This is Ellen from Germany Hello Ellen, how long are you on the road for? So now I'm on the road in Africa for about two and a half years Wow I'm traveling with that bucky Awesome So this is from South Africa, yeah? Yeah, I bought it in South Africa And it's registered under my name Against all the stories people are telling that it's so difficult And you see I've got the pink bumper Yeah, yeah, yeah Everyone recognize you probably, hey? I've got a lot of pink ---- Ah, that's so cool Really super pink as you can see But this is my last gift I received Yeah Oh, that's so cute Bike Who gave it to you? A guy from here, from Swaziland So nice So you're gonna be here for a while? For a while in Swazi? Yes, I just put my application down for having another extension I'm planning to stay until April Wow And you're writing a book, yeah? Yes, I'm writing a travel book about Eswatini Awesome Which will be in German Because they're so difficult to find information about that tiny kingdom Which is so super cute And a lot of stuff to do Awesome, all right So let's go for lunch now Ah, check And let's have a lunch Yeah I don't want to say anything But we cooked it She was cooking Can you believe it was her, her, her? Don't tell anyone This is the lovely sticker Kinga just gave me And it would get a very special place On my window Which is like here A woman's place is in the revolution that comes from the local art gallery Yebo Which is supporting the local artists from Swaziland Now Eswatini So I think it's the perfect color scheme Yes And here, sealed She is Thank you So it's been raining like crazy for the second day So we've decided to go to cultural village together in the car This is Ellen's car She's got lots of cool stuff I'm going to show like But she's got a snake here Like here There's another snake There's another snake there And here's the spike And here's the spike, yeah It's got to be pink, right? And here the Michael Jackson sleeping mask All right, let's go And by the way Did you stop already? No No, okay Because you see Kinga is wearing that fancy Christmas glasses Okay, Christmas is coming Yes, it's in German we call it Zweiter Advent So Merry Christmas in advance That's it Okay, so we are going now to cultural village Which is like It's a must, isn't it? When you're here Absolutely It's one of the top touristic attractions one should visit Because displaying You have to rush a bit Because we are late We're late It's displaying the old Swazi tradition So they've got the beehive village Where they explain About the order of the house functions And this and that But they also show different dances I think it's like seven dances And they're doing it twice a day So one could think they are like somehow tired But they are not So if you see them and watch them their faces And they are smiling and they are laughing And they're communicating with the people looking So it's super nice It always touches my heart Even I watched it How many times you've seen it? I don't know Many, many, many, many times But I never get tired to do it again Yeah So it's like a full-time job for them They do it seven days a week Twice a day, yeah? Okay, let's do it I'm super excited about it So it's gonna be super cool And it's so pretty here, look It's raining but No, nice river Okay, we're getting ready for a beautiful picture with Ellen That's good How's chili, good? Suits you It does Should get a bike Okay One, two, three And you've got like an invitation Time to say goodbye Adios Blue sky On the last day After eight days of rain Finally I had a good weather Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Swaziland the way I wanted to see But I think I'll be back It's not too far And I just need to Come back here where the weather is nice and I can actually enjoy These forests So I'm Now Nine kilometers from South African border And I'm really looking forward to entering this country It will be So good to finally meet up with my friends and Have a little break You look like you've done this before Just like that