Lesotho and the South African Coast
We're in Cape Town. Since the last post--and so long ago it seems--we have been busy. I ruined another razor a few days ago -shaving is becoming an expensive habit, so I believe I will no longer shave until we are done with the Himalayas. After St. Lucia, we drove to Durban, which was a nice, laid back city on the eastern coast. It is cool to see the stadiums going up around South Africa, in prep for the world cup next year (see picture below of a team practicing in the sand). From Durban, we drove into the Drakensberg region, which reminds me of Connecticut... lots of little dairy farms and red and gold leaves (it is now into the winter season here). From there we took a 4x4 minibus into Lesotho, up and over the Sani Pass (which I will forever refer to going forward as the "Insani Pass", because I have never before been as frightened in a vehicle as i was going up, and moreover, down this stretch of rock, shale and loose LOOSE mud. At one point on the way back Tatyana ac...