Lesotho

‘Just like any other chaotic African country’ – a local So said our friend as we ground our tentative way over gravel roads, in and out of spine-jangling potholes, past the incongruously shiny Chinese and American embassies of the capital, Maseru, and back into South Africa from Lesotho.  He’s travelled all over Africa, so he … More Lesotho

Mountains and scars

‘The mountains are calling and I must go’ – John Muir (1838-1914) naturalist and environmentalist This past week or so has seen us travelling to the Free State province of South Africa to visit friends who used to live in Cape Town.  Flying into Bloemfontein we had a bird’s eye view of the vast spaces … More Mountains and scars