Leaving Lesotho

Leaving Lesotho had its share of challenges. My cell phone had been returned to HL and I was rather
dependent on others , busy with Easter and may other things, for communication. The last Saturday special "Canadian" meal was great and the kids loved the pasta sauce and chocolate cake with ice cream. Sunday I tried several times to confirm my flight to no avail. It was cold and rainy in the afternoon when I left, lots of hugs and well wishes and a few tears (on my part). The rondavel was clean and the reports finished. Alas, there was no plane, the flight having been cancelled (it was a holiday). Yet there was a plane earlier I could have been put on - if only someone had answered the telephone at the airport !
After a hectic half hour trying to assess options such as hiring a cab to get to Joburg for the overnight London flight, it was decided I would stay over at the orphanage and try the next day when there should be 4 flighs and another chance to drive if thwarted. It was unsettling not knowing if the next day flights to England and Ottawa had seats. I got a seat on the second flight at noon, and when boarded and taxied out there were still 20 people in the lounge who were to have left at 10:30, but no plane had come for them. Sorry though I was for them, I was so glad I had been put on the second flight. The rest of the trip has been great and I am at Heathrow acclimatizing to the "first" world with a cafe latte. I still see the view of the children playing from the rondavel window . I have many thoughts, even trying to imagine them here or out of that somewhat sheltered world and in ours. I really miss them already. So, the trip is over and I will be back to my world tonight. Thank you all for your interest and I will try to post a few last photos later this week. Note to self- never book a flight from Maseru on Easter weekend !