The pic below are from the Dali inspired? venue next to the B&B where they throw great parties, concerts, plays and dances. There is also an adjoining Rural Women's Store which helps promote and export goods made by local villiage women. This provides the women a place to export their crafts and products and I noticed that the maps in the store displayed shops in Seattle and Vancouver that import items produced and marketed thru this shop. These are great opportunities for the rural villiage women who desparately need income.
A funny thing happened after the first night I stayed at the B&B. I woke the next morning to find this young chap washing the bakkie. I asked him why he was doing this and he told me that the car was too dirty and it needed a bath. He said that it is embarrassing to have an unclean car and he didn't want me to drive this dirty car in Swaziland. I told him it was due to the poor road conditions in South Africa and that they didn't have as nice roads as they do in Swaziland - he looked a bit puzzled. Nonetheless I guess it was time to have the bakkie cleaned because as I came thru the border in to Swaziland they almost didn't let me in. The border guard asked me where was my car registration ie. license plate. I told him it was there on the front bumper. He asked me to step out of the car and show him. I walked around to find that the plate was totally invisible as it and the bumper were caked in about 1/2 inch of mud. I had to chip away and scrape the mud off to show him the plate. All the guys standing around had a good laugh and the guard asked me why my car was so dirty and why I didn't clean it. I told him the same thing about South Africa's roads and he agreed!
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