March Madness

There's something really soothing about the simple sound of a guitar. This musician was playing his (made with an empty oil can) and wandering the road one morning as I was waiting for the 6am taxi to leave Ramabanta.

Two herd boys up in Semongkong.

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Let's see if this works... google maps is an amazing program (and you don't have to download anything to use it!) and I've found my house at Fatima mission in Ramabanta. So try this link and you can zoom in and out to see the mission, the village (Ha Nkesi) next to the mission, and Ha Ramabanta just a little farther down the road (south east, towards the river)...

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-29.664311,27.788324&spn=0.002177,0.003616&t=h&z=18

The page this link brings up is of the mission; I'm actually not allowed to point out which house is mine - the number/silliness of peace corps rules is insanely ridiculous. But check out the area and if you really want to figure out which one is my house - print a pic of the map and send it to me (snail mail) and I'll mark where my house and all the important locations are. Maybe I'm the only one entertained by this... i love maps.

keep well!

I successfully (?) canned 8 empty peanut butter jars of peaches from the two trees in my garden. If I don't contract botulism when I enjoy them this winter, we'll officially label the project a "success." And yes, I've really eaten that much peanut butter.

The Maletsunyane River gorge, downstream of the falls... (Semongkong, Maseru District, Lesotho)

Livingston, Prime Time and Smith at falls.

Semongkong Falls.

More river shots....