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South Africa and Lesotho Lonely Planet [VHS]

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This is another amazing entry in the Lonely Planet television show. Justine returns to South Africa (where she lived as a child). Justine arrives in Capetown, South Africa and travels out to Robben Island -- where Nelson Mandela was jailed. While there she speaks with a man who was imprisoned in a the cell located directly across from Nelson Mandela's.

Justine & the Lonely Planet crew show amazing sensitivity to racial issues and history of South Africa especially while visiting Durban, formerly a white dominated area and now a racial diverse township.

Justine also travels to the east to the country of Lethoso and witnesses a rites of puberty ceremony for young boys. From Lethoso, Justine travels to Kruger National park where she sees the "big five": buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, & rhino

This very personal journey for Justine ends in Soweto as she is able to connect with the woman who took care of her when she was a child.

Also note that the VHS tapes of Lonely Planet episodes contain a couple more minutes of footage than the episodes that air on television.