Maseru, Lesotho Travel Blogs

Week Four - Wild Coast, Lesotho and Durban
Sep 16, 2003 (9 photos)

... to Sani Top Chalets. Expected journey time 8 hours. Border crossing shuts at 4pm hence early start. Passed through many Lesotho village with friendly waving locals. Three quarters of the way to Sani over mountains exceeding 3000 metres we came across ...

Lesotho
Jan 16, 2006 (4 photos)

From the backpackers in Bergville we booked a trip into the small country within South Africa called Lesotho (pronounced Le sue too) It was definately one of the highlights of our trip so far. Many routes into Lesotho and around Lesotho are only accesible ...

Pony trekking
Feb 4, 2007 (7 photos)

... most frightened people had been the guides, who probably had never seen such a large group of inexperienced riders. Even here in Lesotho there were helmets available although it was not obligatory to wear them. Everyone seemed to enjoy the ride and the ...

Lesotho land reclamation project
Feb 3, 2007 (14 photos)

... gemsbok, although from very far away. We had no difficulty crossing the border. Our first glimpse of Lesotho included litter-lined roads. The capital city of Maseru is not impressive, at least not when you are just passing through.   We arrived at ...

Lesotho
Jul 21, 2006 (2 photos)

... . People like it. I don't know if I will get it done another time but it is fun right now. Some observations...in Lesotho, no restaurant can make good French fries. This is a common discussion and annoyance amongst us here. In Ghana, they know how to ...

Lesotho
Mar 31, 2006 (9 photos)

I did a day trip to Lesotho which is a tiny little country surrounded by South Africa. It was a real eye opener, it's a really poor country. Everything was so basic and they all live in little mud huts surrounded by the mountains. We met one of their ...

BVAWT010 - FXMM
Sep 16, 2008

FXMM - Moshoeshoe I International Airport

Lesotho
Apr 14, 2007 (4 photos)

... up at the inhumane hour of 5.30 to get brekkie ready for everyone els who got the luxurious lie in of 6 am.  we were off to lesotho, on another long drive day so an early start it was.  Again, nothing really of note that I can remember, we got in reasonably ...

Day 125 - Lesotho, Maseru - Illegal Entry
Mar 13, 2009

... back to Malealea at 3 we hit the road straight away and drove to the boarder, this time crossing at Maseru. Getting stamped out of Lesotho posed a problem, reason being we had been stamped out by South Africa but never stamped in by Lesotho thereby ...

Back to My Roots
Aug 28, 2006

... short sleep. At 6am I was up and getting ready to board another bus... this time one across the border into Lesotho. I went through the normal border formalities, walked accross the border, and was immediately aware that I was in a different country. ...

Lesotho
Feb 14, 2007

Map only

"Give me sweets!"
Jan 30, 2007 (8 photos)

... as he repeated it about 6 times. When our car wouldn't start after buying the hat we considered pushing it over the border because in Lesotho we had a 4000 Rand excess on the car but in South Africa there was no excess. One more try and the car started.

Oxbow
Aug 13, 1997 (2 photos)

We crossed from Ficksburg South Africa over the border into Lesotho. We then drove down to the capital Maseru and had a look around. Lesotho is a very interesting country as it is completely land locked by South Africa, it is also one of the smallest and ...

Lesotho
Jan 11, 2007

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COLLECTING STAMPS IN LESOTHO- HALFWAY THERE
Aug 18, 2009 (2 photos)

... Africa and stamp into Lesotho, no problem until I pass what looks like some women’s bake sale.  That’s Lesotho customs.             "You need to declare your commodities," the nice ...

The rooftop of Africa
Sep 9, 2007

We climbed up through the Drakenburg pass in SA and up into Lesotho. What an amazing little country. Ive never seen anywhere as beautiful. The cherry blossom was out and a tree framed every small house which perched on the edge of a mountain. A short 3 day ...

Tastes of Africa
Sep 19, 2006 (1 photos)

off i went

Training in Maseru
Jun 12, 2008

After the confusion of trying to sort out our luggage, getting through customs, figuring out how many bags were missing because we overloaded the plane and getting on the PC bus, we all peered wide-eyed out the window for the 20 min ride to the training ...

Mokhotlong in Lesotho
Jul 26, 2007 (17 photos)

After doing the Karloof Canopy tour we drove up to Mokhotlong near the Drakensburg Mountains. The village where my daughter lives and teaches is Malube-lube. She lives in a one room hut called a rondavel. She made me fetch water, do our laundry, we cooked ...

Busride from Hell-o Valium!!!
Jul 11, 2008

So, I am sure that everyone out there is curious to hear all about the public transport in Lesotho.  Wait no more you catlike fellows for here is a story to satiate all your interests. Following my Phase 3 training at the Peace Corps training ...

Taxi Ride
Sep 3, 2007

... tip is two rand.  Oh, the bus costs 3 rand or maloti.  Rand is South Africa and Maloti (loti) is Lesotho, but they are interchangeable.  7 rand or loti equal a dollar. To answer some of your questions:  whites are a definite ...

humping zebras crossing
Feb 11, 2009 (68 photos)

... back to the immigration post...not our fault the post was smaller than most portaloos. maseru was a bustling city, the kingsway (once lesotho's only tarred road...prepared for a visit from the queen) buzzed to the sounds ...

Lesotho 2002
Oct 22, 2002 (6 photos)

... It was delicious and i like to thank Andy for a delicious meal and a wonderfull stay. The next day we arrived in Lesotho and decided to make a ponytrekking. We went Malealea lodge and asked for a vacancy. Because everything was fully booked the owner ...

Lesotho
Jul 3, 2003

Arrived in Maseru

Lesotho
Aug 31, 2007

Lumela (greetings..pronounced doomayla), Ndate (sir) and Me (madam)!!! I am here in Maseru, Lesotho!! Most of the flight from London to Johnessburg was at night so not much to see.  Flat and brown as we arrived. The plane from Jburg to Maseru ...

Lesotho day trip
Jun 26, 2009 (15 photos)

... network i am with should get great coverage". oh no... the very second, and i do mean the second we crossed maseru bridge and actually enetred Lesotho, no network coverage at all!! lol oh well. Anyway we drove into the center of Maseru, a dump, a complete ...

SOS kindergarten
Sep 5, 2007

I am helping with a kindergarten run by SOS. The children are fascinated by the white teacher. I finally put a hand on each of my fingers to hold hands with as many as I could. I want to help them along during a lesson, but teacher said the primary ...

Africa 2008
Aug 7, 2008

... stop-off in Dubai was longer and the second flight was much better; huge selection of films. 5th July We arrived at the Lesotho Durham Link and we got into our rooms (mine was myself, Heather, Jayne, Frances, Luci and Rosie, although Luci was ...

Mokema Xmas
Dec 22, 2007

... receiving plenty of knowledge to ensure our safety and health, and lastbut not least learning the culturally appropriate wayto behave in Lesotho.  The training is a heavy load and I am eager to be finished and get started with the teaching ...

Surrounded by a sea of South Africa...
Oct 23, 2006

An island so to say.