Lesotho is a unique country in Africa. It has never been colonized although was a protectorate of Britain. Their famous leader King Moshoeshoe united many previously fighting Basotho tribes to maintain ownership of the Kingdom in the Sky. They fought Zulu warriors and the Dutch and British. The result of this remarkable history, and obviously more complex than described here, is what appears to be happy people who are very poor. The country has a very different f...

One might think we'd be trying to cram as many things in as we could before we leave but we are continuing on in our preferred rhythm of taking our time and immersing ourselves in a place. It feels to me that the more we cram, the less exercise we get because we end up being in some form of transportation for hours on end. So, what better place to do good hiking and soak up the scenery of the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. A highlight of this week as we ...

It's hard to describe South Africa. It feels like a country that has multiple personalities; each one aware the other exists yet very separate from one another. As we drove from Cape Town through the Garden Route, into Addo and then up to the Wild Coast we encountered first California-like seaside resorts where the white people play and are separated from the poverty-stricken townships where the black people live in order to work. Past Addo, we experienced the ch...

Oh! - how I love the coast! Wilderness is a bohemian town set above a long, beautiful beach along the Garden Route of South Africa. We settled into our lodge high above the beach then went for a deliciously long walk on the never-ending beach with waves 7-deep cresting in the bay. Searching for something interesting for dinner, we stumbled upon a Friday night market in the town centre with a pathway of booths selling food, some live folk music playing and a hoppi...