Monday, June 1, 2009

Day 8 - Back in the Valley

After two full safari days, we were glad to be back in the much cooler Ezulwini Valley in a fully enclosed house with fans! The only thing on the agenda for all of us that day was dinner at a little hotel called, Mountain Inn, on top of the mountain where we could enjoy gorgeous panoramic views of the valley. (Pictures from there at the end of this post).

Most of us welcomed a day to relax and do nothing. David, however, had plans of his own. When the guys had gone to book our safari a few days earlier, David had made plans with the booking guide to meet up for golf when we got back. Before we left for the trip he had told me that he just couldn't go to another country and NOT play golf, so this Saturday just happened to be the best day for him to do that. Now, I won't go into all the details of David's Swazi golfing experience since he has already done such a fine job of recounting it himself of his golf blog.

So I'll let you read his blog to hear about golf, and I'll just leave you with some pictures from the Mountain Inn. I would also encourage you to take a look at their website for even more great pictures.

1 comment:

David said...

daily dose of trivia. In the pictures overlooking the valley you can see a mountain with 2 peaks side by side. Those peaks are named "Sheba's breasts" and have some significant literary importance. They were the inspiration behind Sir H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines novel. This novel gave birth to one of the great fictional protagonists, ALan Quatermain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Mines