We arrived in Maseru last night. It was dark, the rain was pouring and the lady at the "Anglcan Centre" (the cheapest accomodation in town) had very little interest in taking our booking. All up, it was a good start.
After we got into our room, we went down to see what we could get from the kitchen in the way of dinner. Initially we were told that "they won't feed you", because the concept of not eating meat simply didn't make any sense, but we did end up with two plates of rice, grated carrot and lettuce after a bit of negotiation.
We were in bed by 7:30pm pondering why we had come and plotting our escape for the following day. Our journey here (a whole other story) had convinced us firmly of the wisdom of getting our own transport, so the plan was to hire a car in the morning and drive north.
It's now almost noon and we're almost ready to set off. We're in a newish Golf, which will hopefully make it up the 3,000m plus passes we'll be crossing over the next few days while we travel a circuit that will take us through most of this tiny country. We've also just purchased a boot full of supplies in order to ward off the threat of more rice and carrots, though, truth be told, the supermarket wasn't all that super. Still, We're sure a few days of dry muesli and baked beans won't kill us - back to the student days...
Maseru itself doesn't have much to recommend it, but the scenery we can see just off on the horizon looks quite stunning. We're keen to get moving so will cut this short. We'll post some pictures once we're back from the mountains.
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