The infrastructure of the country is upgraded rapidly and the Chinese are busy improving the dirt roads to pavement standard. To see the very best of Lesotho, means the remote and therefore truly unspoiled areas I had to look a bit closer through a number of maps and found some old dirt tracks, marked as "Extreme 4x4". That sounded pretty good and I was looking forward for some rough terrain. What I then came upon I hadn't expected at all, the road was totally fallen apart, massive rocks blocking the way, big drops and river crossings where I had to carry my bike over. At some points the vegetation was so much grown over I had to search for the track to continue, riding on at some single footpaths along the riverbank. No surprise I didn't come across any vehicles (just donkeys and horses, the best and only way of transport up here), the road is definitely inaccessible these days. For me, it was one of the best riding experience on my whole trip!
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