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Very detailed Africa travelogue with lots of information for anyone planning a trip. Indexed for easy reference. 11 Countries over 3 months.
3 months in Africa -- detailed travelogue, travel tips, indexed
Larry2006-05-27 03:11:54
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to stop
for water and decide which path to take -- as long as a fair pace was kept
up, and we were going the right direction.
The ride was supposed to be for 4-5 hours, but it wound up being 6 hours
long. Along the way, we stopped at an extremely refreshing waterfall, as
well as three San rock-painting sites. At the waterfall, a local lady led
us down to the bottom (with a group of local kids tagging behind for fun),
and for the rock sites, we were guided down to them by a local 8-year-old
boy that told us a little about the paintings, and accepted a maloti or two
in return. The journey passes many small villages, and along the way
(almost without exception), everyone would wave to us, even though visitors
ride through the area nearly everyday. Once, from the top of a ridge, a
group of three kids waved down while singing a song in Sotho to the tune of
"One, little two, little, three little Indians..." (as well as shouting
"hello!" and "goodbye!"). Where they picked that tune up, I haven't a clue,
but people were quite friendly. Occasionally, upon seeing someone he knew,
Timothy would shout out a greeting, and it was interesting to see what rural
Lesotho life was like, with most locals either in the fields or resting in
the shade.
After six hours, one's butt can get sore (mine did), but the ride was one
of the highlights of my entire trip, and something every visitor to the area
should try (don't just take the two-hour trip... it's the five-hour trip --
which can turn into six hours -- that visits the waterfall and the rock
paintings).
At 3:00pm, it was time for me to leave, but Mick had gone into town to
pick up supplies. If he wasn't around, I was told to see Jen to pay for
things, but she wasn't around either (she doesn't live at the lodge, but
often stops by). I asked one of the
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See photographs from:
Botswana Gallery
,
Cape Verde Gallery
,
Kenya Gallery
,
Lesotho Gallery
,
Malawi Gallery
,
Mauritius Gallery
,
Swaziland Gallery
,
Tanzania Gallery
,
Zambia Gallery
,
Zimbabwe Gallery
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Thank you
Susan J, 2008-01-28 14:00:20