The Journey
After 40+ hours of travel, we’re finally in Swaziland!
The trip was definitely long and tiring (6hrs Newark to London, 12hrs layover+2hr delay, 11hrs London to Johannesburg, 3hr layover, 50mins Jburg to Manzini), though we did get to hit most of the big spots in London (including stumbling into the Swazi embassy) and got a small taste of the World Cup when wandering the Jburg airport. For the trip from Jburg to Manzini was unique, we took a small charter, plane, which we boarded from the runway.
As long as the trip to Jburg was, the flight from Jburg to Manzini was over in a breeze. The flight time was literally only 5 minutes longer than the time it took for us to board the plane. In all fairness, boarding took longer than usual: from our gate, we took a bus that drove us out onto the runway where we boarded a small, charter plane. Literally, the moment the flight attendant passed me the bag of Fruit Chutney Potato Chips (which were surprisingly tasty…imagine an African BBQ flavor), the pilot informed us that we were beginning our descent and so had to “stow away our tray tables and put our seats to their upright positions.”
Hello Swaziland!
