I learned something very important about air travel while in the Seychelles. We’ll get to that later. From Mauritius, I flew on Air Seychelles. It was rather uneventful, which is how I like my flights. Visiting Seychelles is in no way cheap, from my experience. First, you are prohibited from taking suitcases or large bags…
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From Johannesburg, I took a direct flight to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius. That’s a mouthful! I will honestly say that the inside of the MRU airport has got to be one of the coolest airports I’ve ever been in. After a “this is the official price” / “oh, really? show me? yeah, funny…
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Another day trip, up early to head to the small country in the midst of a legal battle over the king changing its name without asking anyone else how practical the idea is: Swaziland becoming eSwatini. We went to the Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary and did a self-drive. It was $4 each to enter, what a…
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We were up early and drive out to Maseru, Lesotho for a day trip to this micro-nation entirely landlocked within South Africa. We were actually surprised at the passport control/customs process being so rigorous/taking so long, because we’d expected that it would be next to nothing, given the fact this little country is entirely inside…
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We had a bunch of points saved up for a trip, and my wife wanted to do a great internship somewhere that would look good on her résumé. We found the right combo: South Africa. Through some weird situation, business class seats were actually less points than economy seats, so this was a steal, and…
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