African Heads

I am always amazed by the ability of African ladies to carry things on their heads. The one time I tried to carry a box of clothes on my head it fell off and the clothes scattered all over the road, much to the amusement of my Basotho friends.

Yesterday I saw the most bizarre thing yet though - an old lady going to collect wood had a full size axe balanced on her head. As my sister later said - 'that's just silly'. I did wonder quite what would happen if the axe slipped even just a centimetre - not a pretty thought. Sadly I didn't have my camera with me to capture the moment.