A trip into Lesotho takes the visitor into another world. Only three hours from Metropolitan Durban, the land-locked, independent country could not provide a greater contrast in terms of scenery but just as much the poverty and desolate life.The journey up the Sani Pass takes the visitor onto the Lesotho plateau. Few vehicles are found away from the capital as horseback is the most common transport. The mountains are the domain of the endangered Bearded Vulture and Basotho shepherds.