Travel Photography > Photos taken by Lerato
Tree in bloom in Nombini's garden in Motlhabeng. Afrikaans name for this tree means, "drunk man's back"
Building in Gopane district of Motlhabeng, which means sandy place.
Newest members of the Molefi Family.
Ma Molefi sharing pomegranates from her garden with neighbor kid
Boy in Gopane
The house in the background has been expanded from a few months ago when a I posted an earlier photo. These kids were playing house the other day. I’ve included here a photo of their ‘table’
At the Sandlane border gate I told the officer I was disappointed to not see any Bushman paintings in Swaziland. He stepped around the counter, lead me outside, and introduced me to a local, named Patrick who would guide us to the nearby rock paintings. We arrived just as this teacher from a nearby school was taking his students to show them the paintings. The green container holds water that he splashed on the rock to make the images darker
These are breed of cattle descended from the stock of the original inhabitants of South Africa. After a few days in Milwane I was able to distinguish an impala or nyala from a bontebuck and a wildebeest aka gnu from a roan antelope.
Visitors to the Milwane game preserve can stay in these huts. The Happy (or was it Hungry?) Hippo restaurant served impala, wildebeest and warthog while I was there. Here's one that was spared.
Workers at Milwane camp cooking goat.
Letters and drawings from Summit School pen pals posted on Grade 3 classroom wall. Some Grade 6 girls are translating the letters from students in Winston-Salem, No. Carolina
I heard kids singing and laughing in the lane as I was retrieving my mail from the post boxes. These girls had made earrings from flowers and were having a fashion show.
Mother & child at wedding ceremony in Gopane.
Lil & me with shona woman at Pretoria backpackers.
Protea in Bloom in Kirstenbosch, Cape Town.
Medieval carvings on a Hindu temple in Khajuraho.
The central courtyard of the City Palace of Jaipur glows red, engorged by the warm sun, and reflected off these massive silver urns.