I Rode Across Lesotho on a Horse With No Name

The weekend after we arrived, the 4 of us volunteers went to Lesotho for the weekend. The kingdom of Lesotho is a tiny country embedded in S. Africa, in the Drakensburg mountains. To get there, you need to cross the Sani Pass...a crazy unpaved road through the mountain range. The border patrol will not even let you attempt it without a 4X4 vehicle:)

The countryside is beautiful...rolling green mountains, shepherds following their herds whilst talking on cellphones (I swear it is true!), and round stone and thatch huts. We stayed with a Lesotho man and his daughter, who took us pony trekking in the hills. My horse had a behavioral disorder NOS, so most of the time one of the guides had to lead us (ie. I got babysat! Yesss....) We also went on a cultural tour of the village, with traditional dancing. I tried grinding the grain for flour to make the traditional bread:) At the end of our trip we went to the Highest Pub In Africa (at the top of the Sani Pass). For having reached this milestone in my life, I celebrated with a beer...
I would go back to Lesotho in a second...but I would get a better horse...