Last weekend, a friend celebrated her 30th birthday and a whole crew (~30 people!) headed off to nearby Swaziland for a weekend.
The Swazi border is only an hour away, and Swaziland being a relatively small country, it's easy to reach the center in about 3 hours.
Swazi is a beautiful and hilly oasis away from the heat and city of Maputo. Most of the country is rural and the country is full of places to hike, mountain bike, and other outdoors activities. And it's very green and lush, in a very un-African way (some call it the Scotland of Africa.).
We spent Friday night at a natural hot springs, soaking in the pool (while having beer and pizza.) Saturday, we spent the day on the Great Usuthu River, white water rafting. I've been white water rafting before in West Virginia and Zambia but this was the first time I'd been in small boats (two person rubber rafts, necessary to navigate the narrow passageways through the reeds and sharp turns in the rapids.) The ride was beautiful, most of the water was calm in relatively shallow water, with some challenging (3 1/2-4 grade) rapids throughout, all set in a beautiful lush green valley. Children were playing in the water along the shoreline, women were doing laundry, and luckily we saw no crocodiles!
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