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The house of the medicine woman

by sachara

The woman who welcomed us, was the medicine woman of the village or maybe of the whole area around.She invited us in her house. She is a medicine woman for body and soul. She treated the illness and body-pains of the local people, but she also helped with mental problems and she had a very important spiritual role in the village.The interior of the house, especially of the prayerplace, was very peaceful and serene. The atmosphere was enchanting, also caused by the special effect of the natural light. It gave us a very good feeling.The woman sung some ritual prayers for us.Because it was getting dark very soon, it was a pity, there was no time enough for a treatment of one of us.

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House, high under the cliffs.

by sachara

After we visited the caves and we had to descend at the other side of the slope, we saw the upper part of the village with some huts.. The two girls asked us to climb to the highest house under the overhanging rock. This house had very clear nice terracotta colours. All the other dwellings in the village had natural, grey colours, so this house with its colours was striking. The woman at the clothes-line beckoned us and welcomed us at her place.The view from this place at the village and the plain was splendid. It felt like a magical place, so just before twilight.

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In the village, nice girls

by sachara

In the village, that we visited during our pony ride, we climbed to the caves and the upper part of the village. These two nice girls accompanied me. They showed me the best tracks to climb and where to walk at the steep slope between the rocks.After visiting the caves they brought us to a very special house in the upper part of the village.

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Climbing to the caves

by sachara

After leaving the pomies behind down in the village we climbed to the caves.The kids of the villages accompanied us, showed the best path and helped us to climb. They showed us the small caves and dwellings in the rocks. They were not very interesting, but the view at the plain was wonderful and so was the story of the caves.And this is the story to be told:In these caves lived cannibals in former times. This people stretched a rope across the plain to notice when a passer- by appeared. And then they knew, there is someone for in the bowl.And these cannibals were maybe the ancestors of most or some of the people in this village nowadays.

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Arrival in the village

by sachara

When we arrived with our ponies in the village, the people were greeting us very friendly and showing us the way. The village was very rural and picturesque with round huts, a well, a lot of cattle like pigs, chickens, sheep and goats. A lot of children were accompanying us and brought us to a place where we got off our ponies and could leave them behind for a rest. There a woman asked us to sign the guestbook of the village.

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Pony ride to a village.

by sachara

From our lodge we had a fantastic pony ride through the fields. En route we saw small villages with waving children, cattle herds and all around a beautiful background of mountains.Our destination was the village at the foot of an escarpment. Above the village are some caves. And there must be also some rockpaintings.After such a long ride through the fields along narrow tracks, we had the feeling, that the village must be very isolated. Just before we reached the village we saw a tarred road and a pickup coming from the other side.

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Buy a Lesotho Blanket.Ride a...

by kenHuocj

Buy a Lesotho Blanket.Ride a horse in the hills,visit rug and handloom weavers.Stoneware with amazing hues. etc etc & etc Other than travel trips,taking part in National Presidential election of Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCI-jaycee) I was not good enough to wear the TOP MAN's HATi.e. lost the JCI presidential elections ;-(

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more information - the official overview

by kenHuocj

this landlocked country , dependent on South Africa manages to lead a dignified life, depite a history of tribal clashes and chieftans fighting for power.against a scenic backdrop of highest altitudes of South Africa, the Water project, diamonds and labour, possibly travellers and tourism will provide the Sustainable develpement , dignity and independnece for the Lesotho people".....The arrival of the missionaries had far- reaching effects on the life of the people. Potatoes, 'wheat, fruit trees and domesti cats and pigs were introduced. Before long the missionaries had opened schools and printed books in the Sesotho language. The French missionaries did not belong to any of the colonising white groups of southern Africa and were accepted as citizens of Moshoeshoe's kingdom. In fact, Eugene Casalls had a role similar to that of a Foreign Minister for the period 1837 - 55 while living in...

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Do a horse-ride with the...

by thaba

Do a horse-ride with the Basotho Pony Trekking Centre at Molimo Nthuse Pass. Visit the Katse Dam and Thaba-Tseka. Stay a night at Frasers Lodge in Semonkong. The traditional Basotho villages, the horsemen, the herdboys on her donkeys, the magic of the Maloti Mountains, the friendly people

wadekorzan's General Tip

by wadekorzan

One can never forget seeing the smiling faces of the children that are waving at you as you drive through the countryside. Though people say it is a third world country, a smile transcends all labels and the children living in these homes know lots of happiness in so many ways.

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