The Basotho blanket

The traditional Basotho blanket was probably my best buy. People would come up to me and tell me how smart I looked, what a handsome man I was and that I deserved to meet the king. This shot was taken at the Bokong Nature Reserve where I worked extra as a donkey, carrying our belongings through the snow to our hut.

Thoughts from Mr Rittersport's back seat

July 16th 2007
It had been a cold night with little sleep. I looked out of the tent and found Mr Seja scraping off frost from his tent and efficiently packing his belongings into his red German rental car. We'd met him one day earlier as we - resembling two bagladies - had dragged our plastic-bagged belongings across the border at Maseru bridge. He was efficiency personified. Punctuality, rationality, German h ... read more

Africa » Lesotho » Maseru

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... ... read more

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