Lesotho - The Mountain Kingdom

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Another day, another country - a side trip to Lesotho. It was a totally different world to South Africa from the moment we crossed the border. We were in 4WDs, but the majority of the other traffic was on foot or on horseback - in fact we only saw 4 other vehicles moving all day on that side of the border. The roads were like the border post - effectively non-existent - the border post comprising of two abandoned caravans. Sadly, this meant no Lesotho stamp in the passport.

We visited a school to which the backpacker hostel was donating cash, which was John's first opportunity to play footie for over 6 weeks. The Bohemia Youth Academy (Lesotho Branch) is now operational. The other main fascination of the kids was having their photo taken on a digital camera and seeing the instant image. The other items on the agenda were a visit to a rock art site, a visit to a sangoma - a medicine woman and the local brewery. The quality was a little suspect in comparison to Harvest Pale, but at 50 pence for a bucket the quantity wasn't in question.

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Photos

The South African border
The favoured mode of transport

Lesotho
Lesotho's answer to David James fails to get his angles right

Lesotho Football
The Bohemia Youth Academy (Lesotho)

Lesotho Kids
Pre infants

Lesotho Kids
The class clowns

Lesotho Kids
Smoking behind the bike sheds?

Lesotho
Sangoma

Lesotho Kids
...amazing what you can do with a cardboard box!

Lesotho Brewery
...Harvest Pale is not under threat!

Comments

[alex waring]

Lesotho
Yes, definitely a marked difference between South Africa and Lesotho! I loved the Mountain Kingdom - friendly people, and it felt like stepping back in time a couple of centuries. Always very interesting to visit a school, and to try the local brew!

[John Miranda]

Lesotho
The memory of Lesotho that allways makes me smile was being proudly shown "the satellite dish" ...... attached to the house with no TV and no electricity!