Lesotho, from february 12 until may 2005
Bushmen
I feel better the next morning; Peter’s
health is going downhill very fast. The cold has nestled deep into
his lungs and every coughing fit results in a multi coloured spit that ...READ
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Bethlehem and its
Guardian Angels
For almost a week Peter keeps Bethlehem awake with
his rough coughing. He produces the most beautiful coloured spits in the world.
It’s only logical that.... READ
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Jurassic Park
Through bushes, over big boulders and
via slippery water ditches we climb higher and higher. In front of
us, the high rock wall is like an unconquerable fortress without ropes
and mountain climbing material. Yet,.....READ
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Real donkeys don’t jump (part I)
They
are completely dressed in red clothes, even hair and skin have been
dyed by red ochre. Whilst singing they
walk from hut to hut to let everyone know that they are real men
now and ready for....READ
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Real donkeys don’t jump
(part I)
During the ascend of the Thaba
Khole Pass without a real warning an ice cold hail storm takes us by
surprise. The weather in this country changes from tropical to Antarctic
twice a day. Shivering we find shelter next to an empty shed. A couple
of minutes later we...READ
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The King is dead, long live the King!
He never allowed
any feelings of revenge, not even when the cannibals of Rakotsoane
ate his grandfather, Peete. After
making peace with them, he performed the traditional burial rites over
the stomachs of...READ
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Madmen @ work (part I)
“
Look, the road
to Semonkong!” In abhorrence and with bulging eyes
we look again. The road? Did they really say road? We ask them and
our abhorrence appears to be righteous.
It really is the road, which goes up the mountain in an absurd...READ
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Madmen @ work (part II)
After Ha Nkau
we climb down the last stretch into the gorge. Frightened we see
the Senqunyane River in front of
us: twice as wide as expected, caused by the heavy rainfall of last
weeks. There is no bridge and no boat. At the waterside...READ
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