At first, we had a few customers. The boy in the green hat was named Theku, and he wanted to be painted something FIERCE. By day 3, he was a good buddy of ours.
Thaba Bosiu and the Festival at Morija October 1st 2006 One our first trips into the country was to visit Thaba Bosiu, the hilltop fortress that was used by King Moshoeshoe to resist the Zulu invaders in the 1820’s. Moshoeshoe was a great ruler and diplomat who welcomed and offered assistance to all of the varied peoples who sought refuge from the invading Zulu. Within a short period of time, his small band had expanded to a considerable number, whic ... read more
Africa » Lesotho » Morija 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
Fulfilling long-held dreams of living and working in another country and of being of service to humanity, we left the US in September 2006, at the end of summer in the northern hemisphere, and arrived in South Africa in the spring, ready for our second summer. We returned to the US (Texas) in August/September 2007, and in March 2010 began a new adventure in Libya.... full info