Not many people have visited this extraordinary country. I had the chance to see a very small piece of it . Believe me it's not exactly what you imagine it , though it depends on the location . I went to South Africa - Maseru , Johannesburg, Bloemfontein , Clarens , Mafeteng , Mohales hoek , Semonkong , Gaborone and a few more cities . The economics are bad but not as bad as starving children , living in holes, caves or that kind of media information. Actually there is one city I went to where a family lived in 3 little handmade caves under a rock shelter. It was some kind of an ancient tradition. In one of the cities there were 5 big malls and not just a fair market with only vegetables and herbs - a mall with nike , puma and so many other expensive shops. As far as I recall I think it was in Clarens where we couldn't see a car made before 2008, ( I was there in year 2012 ) and 85% of the people we saw were tourists, all white it was like we went back home for an hour . If you also think animals run free willingly , nope , only monkeys in some cities. Big part of animals are in zoos or safari ( private enclosed property ) . People there are a little strange, they watch you like you're a god or assassin , I don't know. They always greet you, not caring you never have or will meet, really polite. They tend to be a little less intelligent but it's because of the lack of foundation for education which is the government's fault. After all - a wise nation is harder to control. But I couldn't understand how is it possible to wear a scarf, hat , gloves, winter coat and rubber, fish boots barefoot in summer at 35 degrees per C.
When my family and I were travelling from the airport to our house it was snowing... Yes I'm not joking it really snowed. It melted once it reached ground but still - Africa and snow ?!? We went to see Maletsunyane Falls , the road leading to it is through a mountain and close to the top we saw snow on the ground. My mother and my sister were so excited they got off the car and started to throw snowballs at each other. In Maseru the winter is really weird - at noon it's about 25 degrees per Celsius and at night it falls to -1 . And I laughed at my mother when she told me to bring a sweater 'cause it's cold. Meantime in Gaborone at 8 p.m. was about 20 degrees C - that's Africa's winter season. Summer season at about 7:30 am. temperature rises over 30 degrees per C. It's a shame it's so expensive to travel, I don't want to know how bad do globetrotters feel . I also can't describe everything I've experienced in these 3 months of vacation, though I uploaded some photos so anyone can see a very small part of this incredible place.