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Background: Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and reinstated in 1995. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after 23 years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Botswanan military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Constitutional reforms have since restored political stability; peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002.

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By Tacoma Kat
October 25th 2009

Lesotho Bound Africa » Lesotho » Maseru

The Global Neighbor Project -- an outreach from Tacoma, WA to Sekameng, Lesotho, Africa -- is planning a trip in February 2010 to revisit the community where we sponsor children and provide community development assistance through World Vision. [View Full Entry]

By morgenhund
October 6th 2009

Daytrip to Thaba Bosiu and Visit to the Royal Graves Africa » Lesotho » Thaba Bosiu

Having visited the tourist information centre opposite the Basotho Hat in Kingsway in Maseru, I was recommended by the lady there to go to Thaba Bosiu and to see the Royal Graves. She gave me directions to the market close to the Roman Catholic Cathedral, where I would find the minibus taxi to Thaba Bosiu - fortunately the service terminated there. The minibus trip cost M12 each way (approx EUR 1.10) and the minibus appeared tardis-like - at one point there were 18 passengers in the bus (this exceeded the seating capacity by about 40-50%) and it took about 35 minutes [View Full Entry]

By ChelleandMike
September 15th 2009

Lesotho Africa » Lesotho

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Day 85 Aliwal North - Lesotho 31.8.09 We left the death camp at around 7am and stopped in town for a few supplies before heading towards Lesotho. Across the border it was like a different world again, reminiscent of east africa, in as much as there were lots of huts and very basic buildings not to mention run down shacks that would still be housing people. We climbed higher and higher in our truck until we reached our camp, Malealea Lodge, apparently "Lesotho in a nutshell" which is good considering we only had a nutshell's time to take it all in! [View Full Entry]

By SmithyWorldWide
September 7th 2009

The roof of Africa Africa » Lesotho

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The infamous Sani Pass

Leaving J-Bay by coach (16 hours, overnight, crap!), I make a detour to Durban to fix my wide angle lens, which I dropped onto tarmac trying to get a photo of a whale's tail at Mossel Bay... all v. annoying! I decide to hire a car to travel up to the Drakensbergs and then east through KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland to Kruger Park, so I collect Guppy (named in accordance with the Chris and Tracey Parkin car naming rules) from the airport and head north towards Pietermaritzburg and on to Underberg. I'm heading here to travel over the mountains and into Lesotho, [View Full Entry]

By Siggers
August 31st 2009

Lesotho: The Mountain Kingdom In The Sky Africa » Lesotho » Sani Top

Drakensburg Mountains

Day 31 - Molumong (Lesotho) - 29/8/09 We left the Sani Lodge at 0900 with our tour guide Michael, on the tour with me there were 4 Dutch girls who were travelling together. We travelled though the roads of the Drakensburg Mountains to reach the Sani Pass and the Lesotho border pass, we went in a 4X4 as its the only type of vehicle that could make it up there. As a gentlemen and somebody travelling by myself took the back of the 4X4. Proceeding through the mountain range was a slow and very bumpy task, the roads were windy and [View Full Entry]

By Holme
January 26th 2009

Turen gar vidre Africa » Lesotho » Sani Top

Hei igjen, Dette er da siste dagen var i St Lucia, for vi reiser videre. De siste dagene har vi tilbragt pa de flotte strendene ut mot det Indiske hav, eller ved bassenge pa hotellet. I gar tok vi turen ut til et sted som heter Cape Vidal, en flott strand hvor kun 100 biler slippes inn pa samtidig, sa vi ungikk den alt for store syden strand folelsen. Vi begynner a ligne litt mer pa de fastboende na, ikke like mye blekfjes som da vi kom hit. I morgen gar turen vidre sorover forbi Durban og opp mot fjellene. Skal [View Full Entry]

By FrkMadsen
December 30th 2008

Lesotho Africa » Lesotho » Sani Top

Udsigt over Lesotho
The Kingdom in the Sky

I en forlænget weekend fra d. 12-16. december, var jeg i Lesotho med Anna (svensk) og Anne-Sofie (dansk). Til jer, som ikke gider slå op i et atlas, er Lesotho er et selvstændigt land, som ligger ca. 400 km syd for Pretoria. Det ligger midt inde i Sydafrika og er omkrænset hele vejen rundt. Det meste af landet ligger i bjergområder, og Lesotho deler bjerge med Drakensberg. Vi kørte fredag efter arbejde, og det tog os en evighed at komme derned - både fordi der er længere end man lige tror, og fordi vi allerede kørte forkert lid [View Full Entry]

By beach berg and bush
December 23rd 2008

Week 18 - Lesotho - The mountain kingdom Africa » Lesotho » Maseru

Ribaneng
The village where we stayed for the night while we were pony trekking

Leaving Amakhala was difficult, not least because we had to work out how to get everything back into the Land Rover. This task was made more difficult by a serious hangover induced by our final night party. I won’t go into details but Chris fans should definitely get him checked for itches and scratches after he was taken in hand by an older lady. I think the scratches might have been sustained when he ran off through the thicket to escape the said lady. I’m not sure what the opposite of a MILF is, but if it’s in the dictionary then [View Full Entry]

By Eryn
December 18th 2008

Lesotho and Drakensberg Africa » Lesotho

Monday (15th) we ascended into Lesotho: the mountain kingdom. Another day another country! The driving was great because the scenery was amazing! We took a shortcut on tiny dirt roads that didn't look like they could hold our truck that took us right up through the mountains. They are the same kinds of mountains as the rest of South Africa (rocky, interesting shapes, Table Mountain style), just bigger. Almost like Archangel Valley, but not even quite like that. It was like driving through a postcard! Gorgeous! It was like being back in more northern Africa again. Back to real Africa... More [View Full Entry]

By Travelling Artist
December 18th 2008

A Little Country Called Lesotho . . . Africa » Lesotho » Butha Buthe

The Border Between South Africa and Lesotho

In the centre of South Africa, is the world’s third-smallest but highest country - Lesotho. Lesotho has 2.1 million people living in it. The population is largely farmers, living in small rural communities, their main crop maize. The Northern Drakensberg, where I am staying, is nearby the Lesotho border and my backpackers runs day trips across the border. So that was my adventure today. Two mini buses of us packed in and headed off. The drive was almost 2 hours to the border. We all lined up with the locals at the immigration booth to have our passports scanned and stamped. [View Full Entry]

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