The native language is Sesotho, as I was telling you during our video call. Some people also speak English, because it is taught in schools, although most people can only say a few words of English.
The money is called maloti (mah-loe-tee). One dollar is worth about 15 maloti!
A bottle of water costs M20, although it is not very common for people to buy bottled water here because they can get it for free from the water pumps.
With some friends, I had a delicious meal of papa (a traditional food of stiff mush made of cornmeal, almost like grits) and ground beef and spinach! We all met up in town and went to our favorite Basotho restaurant. We also shared some French fries in addition to our traditional food.
I listened to a lot of Paul Simon this week. He's one of my favorite musicians.
I had so much fun seeing the new volunteers practice teaching! I have been a teacher in Lesotho for over a year now, but the new volunteers arrived just last month, so they need to practice. I got to watch them teach lessons in a local school and give them feedback on how they could do better.
