Take a Hike

Well, my sprained ankle only took six months to heal but it has now done so! And I tested it by doing a few hikes. First I hiked to Yaya’s house with her. It took us five and half hours to walk 13 miles, losing and then regaining about 2,500 ft in elevation. We had […]

Southern Skies

Get ready for some fun facts! Here we go. Fun fact number one: I have an astronomy degree and you have to put up with some getting stellar education right now. Actually I suppose you don’t. You could stop reading if you really wanted to. Fun fact number two: Lesotho is in the Southern Hemisphere […]

The Circle of Life

Alright, alright, alright! Let’s get this show on the road! First off, it’s has been a crazy past few weeks! It’s been awesome and busy and epic. So sorry it’s taken this long to tell you all about it! So, here goes. Last I left you, I had just gotten back from my first vacation, […]

Bring Your Fire

Last week I took my first ever vacation in Peace Corps. And what a vacation it was! I spent two days travelling to the pick up point where I met the others going on vacation with me. These two days included taxis, hiking, and even hitch-hiking. It was long but surprisingly efficient. Waiting for a […]

The Village Bulletin

So this has been a very busy week in my tiny mountain village. Last weekend, there was an event. A party, a celebration, a religious experience, a ceremony… I’m not entirely sure. I never got a clear explanation. However I do know that some people were returning to the village after being gone a […]

Winter is Coming

Alright, life is getting normal. After several weeks of holidays, trainings, and incomplete school weeks, we are finally in a stretch with full five day school weeks. I’m finally feeling productive. I’ve started teaching my kids algebra- a new and terrifying adventure in mathematics. For those of you out there who haven’t taken algebra since […]

Context is Crucial

Tonight folks we tune in to another episode of Lesotho Taxi Adventures… This past week I have been away from site and back in the village where I did my first three months of training. Why? More training. It was really nice to see my host mother again, although I didn’t miss the pokey bed […]

Waterfalls and WiFi

A short update but a happy one. Here we go! So this week held one of my favorite days of being here. My friend YaYa came over this weekend (a short 5 hour walk from her village across the mountains) and we went hiking. We set out early in the morning and hiked downhill for […]

Trivia Night

So here’s some fun Sesotho vocab for you. Next time you’re watching Lion King (which I hope is soon) and you meet that awesome lioness Nala, you can now brag to all your friends that her name means “prosperity”. In fact, the last line of the Lesotho national anthem is “Khotso. Pula. Nala.” meaning “Peace. […]

From Queens to Hunters

So the cat adventures have been resolved. One of the farms I walk by on my way to school had two kittens and one of them ran strait up to me and started purring. Obviously this little one does not share the crippling fear of humans that the one in my shed does. My principle, […]