Dec 10, 2006 - Across the Border

Rain, Rain Go Away ... The day we returned from the hike turned out to be torrential rains. We spent the afternoon in Margate just up the coast, Nick watching soccer, me reading, and Roni at the movies. There wasn't much going on as things pretty much shut down on Saturday afternoons. The big decision, though, rather than to head north towards Swaziland, was to head into Lesotho via a small border crossing called Quacha's Nek. Our "Lonely Planet" guidebook had made it seem as though there were only two viable crossings - one not too far...