First Weekend

With bleary eyes and sore heads after last nights festivities we said our farewell to Aloes Guest House and Pitseng and headed on our way to TeyaTeyaneng or for us simply TY. After a pretty hectic week where we were all running on adrenalin it is good to get a break and to relax. We are staying in Blue Mountain Inn which is quite well known in Lesotho. When we arrive there are armed guards at the gate and bus loads of church choirs arriving. The first impression of BMI is that it is pretty Westernised, although we have been extremely fortunate with our accomodation so far (showers, decent food, safe) we have also been staying with Basotho people (apart from the Indian owner of Aloes in Pitseng who was married to a Basotho girl) and eating local food. The menu of Blue Mountain is pretty much what you would expect at home, steaks, burgers and chips and the clientele seem to think of themselves as the great and the good of Lesothan society. There is a real air of snobbery around some of the people drinking and eating here but thankfully the staff all seem sound. On our first night we met the Chief Justice of Maseru in the bar of the hotel and while I wouldn't be so naive to say that someone of his mantle wouldn't drink back in Ireland, I would say they probably wouldnt be hammered drunk and harassing people as openly as this fella was. He even had JUSTICE written footballer style across the back of his t-shirt. After finding out that he used to stay in the hotel I worked in while in Dublin we made our excuses and left. Dee is insisting that I mention here that he only came over because I flung her hoodie at her, in my defence I gently tossed it to her if anything and she's not decapitated so she can stop moaning!So our first weekend off was spent chilling around Blue Mountain and wandering around TY. Teyateyaneng is probably the most developed town we've stayed in even though it just consists of a few shops and the usual stalls. Because our bags are still missing we decided to try buying some more essentials but shops close early on Saturday and aren't open at all on Sunday so we're still having to survive on the few bits we have. With any luck British Airways have gotten their shit together and on Monday bags will start arriving.