Blogs from Sani Top, Lesotho, Africa - page 2

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 the scenery getting more and more dramatic the higher and higher we went. The more we went on, the more and more bumpy the road got, with me hitting my head on the roof, the ... read more

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 lidt uden for Pretoria! På trods af vi nåede grænsen ved midnatstid, var der virkelig mange mennesker - sikkert folk som skulle hjem på weekend fra en uges arbejde i Sydafrika. Men efter at have ventet i en times ... read more

The snow Blizzard started as soon as we left the Sani pass Police post in South Africa. It was chaos, 7 4X4 vehicles in front of us had got stuck in the thick snow. There were vehicles behind us but we persevered after an exciting 3 hrs burning the clutch, screeching tyres eventually we got to the top but ahead the gates were locked and there was no one to be seen. The blizzard grew worse and there were 9 people outside the gate in 0 degrees celcius, half a of meter snow, blistering winds not sure what the next step would be. I decided to kick the gate to kingdom come and to my surprise the lock cracked open, this is in fact a trick I learnt at boarding school! The next morning was the ... read more

I was propping up the bar in a Durban hostel on the first night of my trip to Southern Africa. My enquiries at the hostel regarding a weekend safari at the nearby national park had reached a dead end, and it was while nursing a drink that I met the Action Man, a colourful young Alaskan guide and quite the adventurer. He dazzled me with tales of the Alaskan wilderness and encounters with grizzly bears. He would get dropped in by helicopter, he said, then wander alone camping without seeing a single soul for ten days or more before the pilot flew back to a prearranged spot to pick him up. "Why don't you come with me to Lesotho?" Action Man suggested "I've organised a hire car and you can tag along. Just chip in for ... read more