Heather and I were still on safari time and were up at 6am, so got ready and went for breakfast when it opened at 7am.
The manager, an eccentric old lady, came over to find out what our plans were for the day, and then gave us a Swaziland tourism magazine and suggested we take a day trip to nearby Malkern Valley, which had all sorts of arts and crafts shops, and a nice pub for lunch.
So we waited for Marissa and Nancy to wake up, and headed out. Having a car was coming in very handy!
First stop was Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, so that Marissa could check out horseback riding for later in the afternoon. At Mlilwane it's possible to do a self-drive and self-walking safari, as there's no predators in the park. We were more interested in souvenirs so carried on.
Malkern was another 15 minutes down the MR103. There's occasional speed bumps at shared taxi stops and school crossings, otherwise the limit was mostly 80km.
We drove to Swazi Candles, which had the famous Swazi candle-making shop, as well as a number of other little craft shops. One-stop shopping :).
The candles were actually pretty cool. We bought some, as well as a bunch of other souvenirs. It was our only chance for souvenir shopping in Swaziland so we stocked up.
Had lunch at Malandela's, where they had large draft beers, that tasted like Coors Light according to Marissa. I thought it had a little more taste, and hardly any alcohol, but anyways they were pretty refreshing in the heat.
We later stopped in at Mantenga's Cultural Village, and then called it a day.
Had dinner at the same restaurant as yesterday as we weren't very motivated to find another place.
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