Lesotho, the Kingdom of Snow | Deadliest Journeys
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Lesotho is a small kingdom landlocked in the gigantic territory of South Africa. Among the poorest in the world, this high country has breathtaking landscapes, but above all it has a rare and precious asset in Africa: water. During the long winter months, the country is covered with snow and in the middle of the peeled mountains, there is even a ski slope very popular with South Africans. On the dirt tracks and deserted roads that cross the mountains, Alice and Fébellina struggle to find new customers for their old taxi. New encounters, mechanical troubles, but also fear and bursts of laughter punctuate the wanderings of the two friends. Justice has no place in the heart of these lost mountains. Cattle rustlers and other criminals sow terror in isolated villages. The police do not venture there: there is no road. The only alternative to crime: the mounted militia. Fierce horsemen who tirelessly chase outlaws from valley to valley. They are nicknamed The Wrath of the Lion. In the no man's land that separates South Africa from Lesotho, vehicles have to face a winding road strewn with pitfalls and cross the Sani Pass, a pass with a sinister reputation, under the gusts of wind. There are very few gas stations in the interior of the country, gasoline is scarce. Reckless drivers face the precipices to supply the lost villages.
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The young man helping the old person on a house is a real hero. It's a pity that we just watch and enjoy these videos. Surely they should be a way to help these people. Send him to learn first aid or something. Give him more than a horse for him to continue his kindness. The world needs more people like him.
I knew Lesotho exists since we were taught geography in school and that it's surrounded by RSA on all sides. But, that's where it stops. I had no idea about anything else. Throughly enjoyed the trip across 🇱🇸. A world of its own. Love from NW India 🇮🇳
@seritikhabisi7969
Жыл бұрын
At least you knew it from your geography taught in school, coz Lesotho has been in world map ever since it's existence.
Those two women were hilarious. I loved their spirit. That jockey is a hero.
@brinjoness3386
6 ай бұрын
In England or Australia he would have made a million dollars for throwing the race like that. The book makers would sing songs about him for years to come
Wow those two women,they are so optimistic singing and smiling through it all
I have a physical disability and sometimes it's hard for me to live a simple life because I always think my condition is limiting me myself to see a brighter future. After watching this documentary I compared myself and the simple life that people from Lesotho lives. I've realized that I'm wealthy with my disability. Let's appreciate God and the experience of life, some people are really struggling out there and it's not their choice.
These beautiful people are so helpful to each other. Did anyone else notice that there are no trees and grass??
@basyyy
Жыл бұрын
This was just documented during winter in which the grass turns brown
Amazing beautiful people. Sending much love from Australia ❤️😊
The most important remark in all of this is when the young man leading a horse with a sick woman to hospital says, in so many words, respect your elders for their wisdom and storytelling. That is what Africa teaches us. I know. Be humble.
@sanasama2209
Жыл бұрын
You are right😅. Asia and other continents teach to kick their elders🙄
@chukwudieze5434
Жыл бұрын
@@sanasama2209 🤣😅
Correction on Lesothians, the nationality of people of Lesotho is known as Basotho (plural) and Mosotho (singular). great documentary thought, its always great to have a home country being documented, keep producing more and more
@brinjoness3386
6 ай бұрын
I'm a Basotho but I might just start calling myself a Lesothian. Americans will think I a Scottish.
@Phiri-wu1eq
2 ай бұрын
You're a Basotho? O mosotho wena heban
Lesotho is my home country and I would say the merge with South Africa is not necessary. I think we as people should learn to do our own things and do away with the idea of handouts
@kumkan3588
Жыл бұрын
I respect that, I also believe lesotho should be lesotho
@brinjoness3386
6 ай бұрын
We can do it♥️🇱🇸
This mountain kingdom of Africa is by far one of the most beautiful and magic places I’ve ever been to
@brinjoness3386
6 ай бұрын
I got the honour to call it my birth place. Thanks for visiting and please tell your friends to visit. ❤🇱🇸
I have lived my entire teenage and adult life South Africa and never knew this much aboout the plight of Basotho people. Thank you for the wonderful documentary. I hope politicians will see this and try contruct a proper road for the villagers.
@blanty1604
Жыл бұрын
I went to Lesotho for the first time in March for The Moshoeshoe walk, I must say Basotho are bery strong people, it made me appreciate what I have so much!
@juliannenakigudde6855
Жыл бұрын
How would you know? You're white
@thato4639
Жыл бұрын
My man, they know. We can't depend on politicians, its obviously a foreign system, designed to keep us backward. We must do for self, build capital for ourselfs, be self sufficient, build our own structures
@figo007tv
Жыл бұрын
Are you’ll reppin the bloods set? Piru?
@seritikhabisi7969
Жыл бұрын
Tell South African politicians also to construct roads in South Africa's rural areas coz they are also terrible even than these roads of Lesotho you see here. I have travelled South Africa both in urban places and rural places where places are terrible. It seems you haven't travelled your own country and that's why you can easily judge situations of other countries leaving out bad situation in your own country.
Those two ladies are such a vibe, nice documentary
What a beautiful place, and amazing people. It's so much different than what I usually picture as Africa. Loved those taxi ladies.
They might be poor in material, but they are wealthy in being human. They are their brothers keeper.
The first Mistake was to call people from Lesotho, the Lesothoans
@thato48
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂,
@ajmzungulu7492
Жыл бұрын
braaaa lmao
@jcymngo
10 ай бұрын
So what are they called?
@tlhorisomorienyane8446
10 ай бұрын
@@jcymngo Basotho, saying Lesothoans is an insult
@honeybunch5765
9 ай бұрын
And the way they pronounce Lesotho 🤦🏼♀️
They are simply the Sotho or BaSotho not Lesothians
@ntaolenglebitsa5829
Жыл бұрын
Ba joetse hahaha
@thato48
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂 Lesothians, what?
@figo007tv
Жыл бұрын
Ayooo, what type of food does you’ll Lesotho 🇱🇸 folks eat brah? 12:47
@relebohilealotsi5487
Жыл бұрын
Basotho
My country we're loving you South Africa.
your series is extremely well shot, adventurous and eye opening. Thank you for making this series!
@jupitercyclops6521
Жыл бұрын
Aside from his lies about smoking weed & driving. There are no legitimate statistics to prove the myth. Same is true about drug use in work place. The only stats on the matter were fabricated by a aguy selling drug tests Aclu published a great report on the matter
Beautiful country . beautiful people
This is a great story of resilience and survival. It's a shame that the government can't just invest a little in fixing those roads. Even without paving those roads, just sending a few tractors to widen the road and make them a bit less rocky would help make the trips less dangerous. It's a real shame. Many of our countries' government only think of themselves and do nothing for the most needy of their citizens. Long life to these brave people.
@memidiane38
Жыл бұрын
They can, they just rather not
@LosInmortalesGallos
Жыл бұрын
@@memidiane38 Very true. If there isn't an economic of political gain for those in power they don't care on how the regular people live.
@understandingg
8 ай бұрын
@@LosInmortalesGallossame here in Botswana 🇧🇼, only benefit government and some officials, and also rich foreigners from India, and white people
@brinjoness3386
6 ай бұрын
Born lesotho here. We don't need big roads. We need equal partnerships for our diamonds and gold, and fair prices paid for our electricity, water and "overseas" workers.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the knowledge. I am a fan from Bangkok, Thailand.🙏🏻🇹🇭🌎🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘
@omedammak2100
Жыл бұрын
ครับบ
I leave to Lesotho next week I can't wait 🇱🇸❤✌
Wow.. what a great documentary. I'm not blown away by most things, but this blew my mine. What a country and the people. Amazing!
@brinjoness3386
6 ай бұрын
I can't speak for all my Basotho sisters and brothers, but I am proud of my country and I know we can improve so much more. Come visit and always buy diamonds with authenticity.
Beautiful country and people, Thank you all for the journey, and i will never complain about my own country road standards again
Incredible insight into Lesotho
47:47 I really respect this young man for taking care and giving his time to the elderly.
It is sad how some people tell lies about our countries! Lesotho is not a forgotten kingdom..it is a very beautiful country passionately called The Kingdom in the Sky. The two ladies are not at all the true reflection of what is happening in the rural areas concerning transportation. Nobody drives a minibus and take long distances to places they dont even know, in search of passengers..THIS GUY IS A LIAR! This is a cooked journalism/narration! It is true our terrain is very hectic in the rural mountaneous areas, but the story is so much exaggerating! In 5years all the liars will have no story to tell. This country is an African Paradise!! We are Basotho not Lesothians..
@The_Cruise_Fam
Жыл бұрын
Start your own KZread channel and bring the true story to the limelight. It’s time for Africans to tell their own story correctly. I’m Nigerian, and I’ll watch.
@muthanjenga1148
Жыл бұрын
Someone about to talk to the manager and email the satellite office all for the love of the country
@figo007tv
Жыл бұрын
@@The_Cruise_Fam 🧢
im a proud Mosotho and happy to see my country on your series ... hello from Beijing . you made me miss my country more now , hahaha.
Watching these documentaries, you conclude that no country is poor and we all need each other for resources. Lesotho has water/ diamonds
@froogsleegs
Жыл бұрын
The gap in culture and living standards between the West and most rural parts of the world gets bigger all the time, partly because we enabled our own growth by overusing resources and cheap labour from elsewhere. in a globalised world there is meant to be a delicate balancing act so that everyone can share what they have and get what they need at a fair price. yet things just don't work like that in reality. Don't think we should say that the West's idea of success is perfect, maybe it's not what we should all strive for. Somewhere there should be a line between these two lifestyles where one can live comfortably enough.
@brinjoness3386
6 ай бұрын
@@froogsleegsLesotho suffers from many issues. But every one of those problems can be solved. We don't need catholic priests in charge of our medical facilities, we do need help with modern technology. We don't need global mining giants staking claims the size of Australia. We need fair pay for our migrant workers, agriculture products, electricity and water. We don't need a euro, yankee, russian, Chinese.... company building a highway from Maseru to the sani pass. We do need to call out corruption, ways to improve and inform the world how cool Lesotho is. Freezing if you go in winter, but who cares if you are skiing. ♥️🇱🇸
really enjoyed this one, I always wanted to visit Lesotho
What a beautiful place and interesting people. Really enjoyed watching it 🙏❤❤👍 God and his people reside in a valley similar to this. 👍
it needs to be developed it has a lot of potential
Lesotho, my birth country.♥️♥️♥️
@AquaSpaceL
7 ай бұрын
You have extremely lovely 🍑🍑
I should say blessed are we where our roads are wide and asphated/cemented! ❤
Much Love to Best Documentaries, from Louisville Kentucky USA 🇺🇸 ❤️
This could be our last day on earth... Courage is advancing despite fear. These ladies are the definition of courage!!!
Great documentary. I am a Mosotho living in Lesotho.
Ladies I'm so proud with you may good lord protect you
Love from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪👊🏿👊🏿🦁
With love from Zimbabwe
"These women are much braver than male drivers. I trust female drivers more." These words warmed my heart! Didn't expect them from a man, in the remote wilderness in one of the poorest countries in the world. After seeing this documentary, I think that perhaps that was foolish of me. What lovely, warm-hearted people these people are!
omg, this docu is insane, i didnt know Lesotho is at desert. My greatest respect for all the people they live there ! The two women are wonderful powerfull and brave !👍👍❣❣good humor !
@chrisjpritchard
Жыл бұрын
I don't believe it was always desert - much of Africa had more vegetation and rain even just 40 years ago. But humans have decimated huge areas for firewood or farming sadly. Climate change has accelerated over most of the Continent in last 50 years.
@shisuiuchiha480
Жыл бұрын
its not a desert its just extremely cold without rain in winter (it can reach -20 degrees celsius) so the grasslands turn brown. Then in the warmer months the grasslands turn green again. This was shot in winter. Its just nature.
@twinflowerfioretta
Жыл бұрын
@@shisuiuchiha480 thank you, you are right-
@seritikhabisi7969
Жыл бұрын
There's no desert in Lesotho, if you know what a desert is. We only have vegetation and fertile soil and mountains not desert at all.
Enjoyed it best video ever GOD bless Lesotho
It feels to me like an african Western movie.
Nothing seems to change. The video speaks for it self.
@capricornbonheur
Жыл бұрын
sublime
Very nice, thanks for this body of work..very eye-opening too, beautiful country, wholesome people but the leader really need to put more effort into developing it. My country too (Namibia) needs developing too i should say, we are neither perfect but we must try harder. At the end of the day its all love my people..Africa pls stand up.!
@Dr.Pepper001
Жыл бұрын
Every leader in every is Self-serving first. Then come the people.
So many names end with Sotho here! Clans included.
“Lesotho is a forgotten Kingdom” ? ??? Forgotten by whom?
@johnsmith-ht3sy
Жыл бұрын
Forgotten by Prince Harry who used to visit before he moved to California.
@Abdullah-uv2pv
Жыл бұрын
white people 🙄
@mantuli_ka1
Жыл бұрын
@@johnsmith-ht3sy 🤣🤣🤣
From the start "bula nthwe monate-bula nthwe monate." 😄
The two ladies are such a vibe🤣
@ranjittyagi9354
Жыл бұрын
Ufff, bundle of energy, so fit and always laughing and enjoying, jolly good fellas.
What an incredible places.
Waw what a beautiful country
The positivity of the Taxi ladies is infectious.
Thank you 🌞
Wow outstanding documentary.
The strength and resilience of humanity is phenomenal. We have the strength to face Adversity. But for those of us who live in developed countries we choose depression and hopelessness instead of fighting the obstacles.
UNBELIEVABLE! Was Unbelievable ...but a true story!!
What a lively and lovely people but being punished by the corrupt politicians. Amazing video!!! Much much respects and love from Pakistan!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
@seritikhabisi7969
Жыл бұрын
Corrupt politicians brought Asian foreigners to take every little resources that we have and can survive with. And some of those foreigners are from your country Pakistan and China. One day we will fight to curb this corruption as a nation getting tired of corrupt politicians.
thank you 🥰😇😍
drove on this road for many years since 2013. Used to do it with a 4x2 ford bakkie
I've been up the Sani Pass. And one thing that struck me with Lesotho were the amount of Chinese overseeing the native workers. This made me sad!
@luckyj693
Жыл бұрын
Makes me mad!
I've seen a rear wheel come off a similar taxi (travelling in front of me in South Africa) while a passenger grinned back at me. It slowed down in a shower of sparks while the brake drum was worn away.....everyone lived.
سلام تا حالا بسیار عالی بود ید
15:29 Shongwe and Khuphuka music will heal you ntate 🌿🧘🏾♀️
Absolutely beautiful place.
Spectacular documentary 🙏🇮🇳
Toyota vans and trucks are known for its longevity and reliability. That is not a korean taxy, its a 90's japanese toyota hi-ace.
The people of Lesotho are called Basotho not Lesothoians
@InfoHubZA
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@nomagcisacawe3297
7 ай бұрын
I thought they were called zamzamas
Nice share 🥰
Thanks for your video 😊
Şimdiden 🇹🇷 Heyecanla bekliyorum 👍
16.11.2022.Very good and best.
I love the pseudo-spaghetti western soundtrack.
You need to regularly add coolant to the car's cooling system. The car goes on a very rough road. I like the mountain view here
Lovely I enjoyed the series,, well done ✅
So beautiful place
Lol Mr Nelson on the blue hilux , smoking weed and playing Shongwe n Khuphuka😊 I'm like to myself is this eSwatini Documentary? Everything similar ❤much love
Those two are adorable
As african -it's a fusion of african spirit ,african food and cold climate!
12:44 notice the latch is installed incorrectly? The screws or rivets are exposed. Just take them out or drill them out and u have access to his fuel.
I'd love to share a spliff with them .
It's like a beautiful story movie but just this one is real life story.
Perfect
Very nice, great job 🙂
Bagus...aku suka......
Scary drive right there
I believe that agriculture is possible in this place, the people there need to learn new subsistence techniques
This must be a few years back. The country is much greener and now has tar roads in some of the areas shown.
Ela hloko mono 9:12, nthoe ntle hakalo, baafokola ba tlo utloisisa, empa ha u bone naa ke bua ka botle bo feng, penya like
Could you start adding the release dates of this documentarys in the video discriptions please ? =)
I love Lesotho so much 🥹❤️. But am glad I was born IN SA
Awesome!
One day they are going to discover wealth underneath those mountains and that will be the end of their peaceful life.
Amen
15:05 you just got love Africa.. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
OMG😮😇👍👍👍
May God give that last episodes man whatever he wants
Curious that we did not see more of Lesotho. How about beautiful Maseru? I feel the video is not balanced in the impression created.
@brofutv1853
Жыл бұрын
Don't worry, dear. It'd take a fool not to know you have city life too. The channel is about difficult journeys. Blessings. 🤛
@glorianyambok7405
Жыл бұрын
@@brofutv1853 thank you. I am Kenyan. Been to SA and gave my daughter an SA name. Lesotho is in my bucket list. There is something special about that part of Africa.
@5:25 That moan caught me off guard lol .
@KingSuveon
Жыл бұрын
Me too 😂