Lesotho
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Taken in Lesotho on a rather desolate mountain pass road /
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A traditional dress code from Southern Africa
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In Maseru (Lesotho) you find this building thatched in their traditional hat style.
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Lesotho border boast in Ficksburg
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Just across the border from Ficksburg in Lesotho
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This was a nostalgic trip with my two daughters to the little country of my childhood*. I roped in Liz (my stepmother, my hero, in the middle) and my Aunt Margaret, on the right, then 86, whose father is buried on a lonely hill with a great rock on him looking up to these mountains. We hired a Kombi and drove up through the green valleys and crazy passes to Semonkong and then hired local Basotho ponies and rode to this point. Aunt Margaret insisted on jumping off her horse and she twisted her ankle. So she sat and watched the great Malutsenyane falls, the pool of the Great River Snake, the Place of Smoke. We rode back. She was frustrated at her sprained ankle and especially at her slow horse. She did get the horse to gallop at a point, and she later had a gin: she felt better; we all did at that point. Next day she was in fighting spirits… that was 2003, she’s going strong… Trivia question: What country has the highest lowest point in the world? :) Go there, great place.
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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
by Jen WhyteA 500 carat diamond has been found in Lesotho!!! Taken from an article in the Scotsman this morning ….. ’’ IT IS a mere speck on …
A 500 carat diamond has been found in Lesotho!!! Taken from an article in the Scotsman this morning ….. ’’ IT IS a mere speck on the map, but deep beneath its inhospitable plateaux, nature has gifted Lesotho some of the grandest sparklers in the world. / The rich seam of the African enclave’s mines became clear yesterday, after the discovery of a huge gem experts believe could yield the largest polished round diamond in history. It weighs 478 carats and is the 20th largest rough diamond ever recovered. Such is its outstanding clarity and rounded shape, it has set tongues wagging in the upper echelons of the stone trade. Once polished, tentative speculation has it that the white diamond could reach a valuation well into eight figures. The diamond, which has not yet been named, is the fourth remarkable gem to be unearthed from the Letšeng mine in only two years. Lesotho, geographically surrounded by South Africa, is an impoverished nation, where shepherds take refuge in crude, thatched huts when they are not crossing mountains by horseback. However, it is also regarded as the most productive region in the world for precious stones. After initial examinations by gemologists in the Belgian city of Antwerp, it is estimated the rock has a completely flawless centre and might even yield a 150-carat polished gem stone. If so, it would dwarf the likes of the Koh-i-noor diamond, the centrepiece of the Crown Jewels. The grade-D stone – the highest quality – was unearthed a fortnight ago at Letšeng, in the landlocked country’s Maluti mountains. The glittering prize emerged from the hundreds of thousands of tons of kimberlite rock mined every day. Sculpting it into a marketable asset is an arduous task, involving several months’ work. It is not yet clear exactly what the stone will produce, but, typically, it will take three months to assess any cracks or faults and decide how best to maximise the yield before polishing begins. The danger of the stone shattering during cutting is ever present.’‘ And I don’t suppose it will benefit any of the ‘poor shepherds’ who will probably have to continue living in ‘Crude thatched huts’ and scraping a living from the surface of the land! ..... a bit of an imbalance here don’t you think?
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Cathedral Peak Drakensberg – KwaZulu Natal, South Africa/Lesotho border
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As a kid we caught trout above there and stored them in ice in the bank until the little Tripacer plane came to take us out. Never went this far down then. The place of smoke, the abode of the great river snake, in local legend.
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This was somewhere above the falls (see adjacent photo); place of my childhood, with all the romance and loneliness and fierce pride of Mongolia or Tibet
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The panorama of the Royal Natal area, Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (And it looks fantastic blown up BIG!)
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A young sheperd from Lesotho. So handsome…
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Animal Scientists of the National University Of Lesotho at the scene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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