Jan 14, 2008 - Entering Lesotho

The lovely noisy cockerel woke me about 5am - damn thing! Dozed on and off after that but was typically sound asleep when Claudine woke me saying she has overslept! Turned out Claudine's car brakes could be fitted in for fixing if we dropped the car at the garage on the way to the border this morning so when we were ready to leave I drove her car and she took her mum's. I bought some cute bowls made of reeds - lovely colours! We then started heading out of Maseru towards Roma where Claudine was to drop me off at the Roma Trading Post. ... Turns out he was at Trading Post in Roma last year and loved it so thought it would come back again and try Ramabanta this time. ... We got chatting and he turned out to also be a big fan of Long Way Down - the series I was hooked on before Xmas! He has spent the last month traveling down from Zambia through Botswana.The lovely noisy cockerel woke me about 5am - damn thing! Dozed on and off after that but was typically sound asleep when Claudine woke me saying she has overslept! Turned out Claudine's car brakes could be fitted in for fixing if we dropped the car at the garage on the way to the border this morning so when we were ready to leave I drove her car and she took her mum's. I bought some cute bowls made of reeds - lovely colours! We then started heading out of Maseru towards Roma where Claudine was to drop me off at the Roma Trading Post. ... Turns out he was at Trading Post in Roma last year and loved it so thought it would come back again and try Ramabanta this time. ... We got chatting and he turned out to also be a big fan of Long Way Down - the series I was hooked on before Xmas! He has spent the last month traveling down from Zambia through Botswana....

Oct 26, 2007 - Lesotho - Roma

Today we headed out to Katse Dam. We arrived into Lesotho's capital, Maseru, a city that was occupied by the British in 1869 as another administrative post before heading a little further on to the town of Roma. ... Nestled amid sandstone cliffs, Roma was established as a mission town in the 1860's and now it is Lesotho's centre of learning with the country's only university. ... That night we stopped at the lovely Trading Post hostel dating back to 1903.Today we headed out to Katse Dam. We arrived into Lesotho's capital, Maseru, a city that was occupied by the British in 1869 as another administrative post before heading a little further on to the town of Roma. ... Nestled amid sandstone cliffs, Roma was established as a mission town in the 1860's and now it is Lesotho's centre of learning with the country's only university. ... That night we stopped at the lovely Trading Post hostel dating back to 1903....