The Road to Bulungula Lodge, Wild Coast, South Africa. (24 total images, 1 video)

“Rufus is a very strong man,” says Maya, a local Xhosa woman we just picked up from a village on the Wild Coast of South Africa. “Even in his old age of 80 years he is still able to procreate and have many children,” she says.

We’re all headed to the Bulungula Lodge where Maya works and we’ll be visiting. Rufus is our driver.

Words and photographs — and my first attempt at a video compilation (with apologies to Ken Burns) to introduce you to the amazing children of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho.

Before embarking on my trip to South Africa, my former boss and a good friend had advised me to bring with me pens, t-shirts, stickers — little things to hand out along the way. He was telling me from his experiences of traveling to impoverished countries in southeast Asia. I’ve also heard of others giving away polaroids back when those didn’t cost $2.50 a pop on eBay. Most people in places like Africa and Asia probably have never seen a picture of themselves, so it would be something they’d keep forever.