{"id":1388,"date":"2014-10-11T07:29:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T07:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/2014\/10\/11\/lesotho\/"},"modified":"2018-12-15T17:47:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T17:47:31","slug":"lesotho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Drive from Cape Town to Bloemfontein was no problem, a stay overnight in the Southern Sun hotel and an early start the next morning to Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p>Are first border post took a lot longer than necessary as we were trying to be too formal with all the paperwork, which delayed us at customs &#8211; first lesson learnt &#8211; keep it simple!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/813.jpg\" alt=\"813\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/813.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/813-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/813-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/813-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/813-1568x2091.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being our first country from South Africa, everyone was trying to find their feet and finalise last minute things.\u00a0 The team were all new to each other, two of which I had only met a couple of days before our departure. We were all learning each other\u2019s ways, where things get packed in the car, who likes what to drink and eat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1264.jpg\" alt=\"img_1264\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1264.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1264-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1264-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1264-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1264-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1264-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I knew what I wanted, and had to be achieved in each country but still needed to work out a couple of things and how I would actually make things happen on the ground. The preparation time before we left was very short and things would need to sorted as we went along.<\/p>\n<p>We took in a few of the sights like Mohale Dam, Matesyane Falls\u2013 gave out reading glasses at a local clinic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/771.jpg\" alt=\"771\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/771.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/771-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/771-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/771-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/771-1568x2091.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1388 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/779.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/779-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/779-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/779-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/779-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/779-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/779-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/778.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/778-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/778-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/778-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/778-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/778-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/778-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Our first function and rugby clinic didn&#8217;t\u00a0quite go according to plan due to strong winds and torrential rain &#8211; oh well, you can control the weather&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/809.jpg\" alt=\"809\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/809.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/809-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/809-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/809-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/809-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/809-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Due to the send off in South Africa, we only had a couple of days in Lesotho before we had to start driving to Swaziland, so Lesotho was a bit of a blur.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Drive from Cape Town to Bloemfontein was no problem, a stay overnight in the Southern Sun hotel and an early start the next morning to Lesotho. Are first border post took a lot longer than necessary as we were trying to be too formal with all the paperwork, which delayed us at customs &#8211; first lesson learnt &#8211; keep it simple! Being our first country from South Africa, everyone was trying to find their feet and finalise last minute things.\u00a0 The team were all new to each other, two of which I had only met a couple of days before our departure. We were all learning each other\u2019s ways, where things get packed in the car, who likes what to drink and eat&#8230; I knew what I wanted, and had to be achieved in each country but still needed to work out a couple of things and how I would actually make things happen on the ground. The preparation time before we left was very short and things would need to sorted as we went along. We took in a few of the sights like Mohale Dam, Matesyane Falls\u2013 gave out reading glasses at a local clinic. &nbsp; Our first function and rugby clinic didn&#8217;t\u00a0quite go according to plan due to strong winds and torrential rain &#8211; oh well, you can control the weather&#8230;. Due to the send off in South Africa, we only had a couple of days in Lesotho before we had to start driving to Swaziland, so Lesotho was a bit of a blur. &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[75,76,77,120,137],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.0.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lesotho - Otter Travels<\/title>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lesotho - Otter Travels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Drive from Cape Town to Bloemfontein was no problem, a stay overnight in the Southern Sun hotel and an early start the next morning to Lesotho. Are first border post took a lot longer than necessary as we were trying to be too formal with all the paperwork, which delayed us at customs &#8211; first lesson learnt &#8211; keep it simple! Being our first country from South Africa, everyone was trying to find their feet and finalise last minute things.\u00a0 The team were all new to each other, two of which I had only met a couple of days before our departure. We were all learning each other\u2019s ways, where things get packed in the car, who likes what to drink and eat&#8230; I knew what I wanted, and had to be achieved in each country but still needed to work out a couple of things and how I would actually make things happen on the ground. The preparation time before we left was very short and things would need to sorted as we went along. We took in a few of the sights like Mohale Dam, Matesyane Falls\u2013 gave out reading glasses at a local clinic. &nbsp; Our first function and rugby clinic didn&#8217;t\u00a0quite go according to plan due to strong winds and torrential rain &#8211; oh well, you can control the weather&#8230;. Due to the send off in South Africa, we only had a couple of days in Lesotho before we had to start driving to Swaziland, so Lesotho was a bit of a blur. &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Otter Travels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-11T07:29:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-15T17:47:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/766-768x1024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/\",\"name\":\"Otter Travels\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/766.jpg\",\"width\":2448,\"height\":3264},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388\",\"name\":\"Lesotho - Otter Travels\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-11T07:29:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-15T17:47:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6c47cd72e3b05b20b8a71a729604b8ab\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/?p=1388\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6c47cd72e3b05b20b8a71a729604b8ab\",\"name\":\"lulu1369\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c743e1257576c0d462337e71129ab222?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"lulu1369\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/766.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/saxrZm-lesotho","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3356,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/3356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ottertravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}