Lost in Lesotho

One day, feeling tired and bored with the statistical conference that had taken me to South Africa, I decided to join a day trip to Sani Pass. Sani Pass is the only way going into Lesotho from Kwazulu-Natal. It is situated in Drakenberg Mountains at 2873 metres above sea level. In the picture below, the pass is on the top left hand side corner, just close to the snowed peaks.
In any case, as it is supposed to be an important trade point, I expected at least a paved road until the summit. Needless to say, this may be the common way in Europe but not in Africa. The road to Sani Pass is not paved and as it climbs higher in the mountains, it turns out to be no more than a goat's path ("camino de cabras" in Spanish). After some African massages, the top is reached and then the visitor must immediately proceed to the Lesotho border to get his passport sealed. Then, there are two options: either to visit one of the shepherd's cottages which are only used in summer or go directly to the highest pub in Africa, Sani Pub. Or even better, you can easily manage with the two options.

Lesotho is one of the poorest countries in Africa and it is the country with the highest average altituted above sea level. Most of it includes only mountains beyond 2000 metres above sea level. With this is mind, it is easy to imagine that Western civilization has not entirely reached Lesotho. I think it is the most exotic and lost country I have been in my life so far and I will ever be.

In our way down, we found some clouds below us, which seemed to take us deep in hell (obviously, they only took us back to Durban).
Next chapter will be devoted to Kruger National Park.