Last Lesotho Weekend

Well, the diamond mine was a bust. We drove out there on Saturday, and the man who was supposed to give us a tour was "in a meeting," and never showed up. After 2.5 hours, we decided to leave and drive to the nearby ski lodge, Afriski to see if we could find a restaurant. We found this cozy ski lodge with delicious food! We sat and had a really leisurely lunch, and real coffee (the only stuff you can buy here is instant.) That alone turned out to be worth the drive. Afriski is supposedly the largest ski slope in Africa, which is hilarious because it is a bunny hill at best. There's this whole ski village and lodge built around it, and there's just the one slope...I guess they're hard pressed for good skiing here! I wish I would be here when it snows, it would be cool to say I skied in Africa. On the drive home we saw 3 rainbows!
Sunday was a really beautiful day, and we went on this long hike way up the mountain behind TTL. We brought a picnic to the top and had the most incredible view of Mokhotlong from up there. On our way up, one of the locals spotted us and proceeded to follow us for at least 30 minutes. Initially he just stated at us, but then started asking us for money, food, Julie's watch, anything he could think of. And even after we said no, he kept asking. He asked us to buy meat, to pay him to ride his horse...I've gotta give him credit, he was persistent. I considered paying him just to leave us alone! It's very funny how Basotho (people d Lesotho) have a different sense of personal space and privacy than we do. If they see you, they'll walk over next to you and just follow you, or stand and stare at you. Everyone asks where you're going, what you're doing..I'm still not used to so much interaction with strangers, but Lyle has told us its just part of the culture here. I am grateful that people are friendly and pretty harmless here. But walking the streets gets exhausting when everyone tries to talk to you!
Today and Tuesday are our last days at TTL. We leave Weds to drive to Maseru, and Thursday we begin our journey back home. It's been a really incredible experience being here, I'm so thankful to have had this opportunity. I'm already thinking about where I want to visit next! Any suggestions?
Ps the pic below is a far away shot of the diamond mine. It looked like the emerald city in the wizard of oz!