Daily Archives: March 2, 2009

Children

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There are children everywhere in Swaziland. They are like children through out the world and love to have their picture taken and then be shown the results. Mothers and Gogos take good care of them and you can tell they are well loved.  Walking is about the only way most people have of getting anywhere, so children are taught at a very young age to walk long distances by themselves. Therefore it is not unusal to see children that look very young walking along a dirt road by themselves or in small groups in what seems like the middle of nothing.



Contrasts

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Just to keep things honest, these are pictures of the grounds of the restaurant we went to on Saturday night. It is in the middle of a botanical gardens and there is water everywhere. Also there are statues of animals around the water. Since we have had not yet had an opportunity to go through a nature preserve, this is about as close to African animals as we have gotten so far. We also had a very nice dinner.