Marks Africa signs and driving thoughts

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We have been driving our Motorhome now for a month and have driven over 7,000 kms. about 1000 kms has been on gravel roads. The road conditions have been some of the worst I have ever seen and it’s amazing these vehicles can take the constant vibration and shaking. In our group there have been shredded tires ,bent rims and water tanks coming off. We have been very lucky and have not had those problems nor have we been stuck in the soft sand like a few unfortunate others.All that driving in snow over the years sure helps as its very similar. I have had blisters on my hand from the vibrating steering wheel and the motorhome is full of dust from the roads. Its been a great experience and we are sad that we are nearing the end of the Motorhome portion. The roads have been pretty bad in Namibia but the scenery and wildlife unforgettable. p.s. Darlene mentioned the minor pole that I got wedged against but forgot to mention how tight the spot was on the other side. I had mere mm,S to spare and after sawing off the pole you cant even tell I had a problem as you can see from photos. Here are some of the cool signs and road conditions

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Photos

Pavement to Gravel
The most feared sign in Africa

Potholes really means potholes!
sometimes we wished they had at least used the signs to fill them...

Gembok
Ver large and colourful. one of our favorites

Zebra
Almost hypnotic with all those stripes.

Hyenas
They tended to around road culverts for shelter, or perimeters of campgrounds looking for food

giraffe
This one had hybrid markings. can see them a long way away and they are clumsy walkers

warthogs
Funny looking

Mongooses
don’t think we ran over any but when on washboard roads you would never know!

Sand Drifts
Covered potholes and washboard but was too deep a couple of times and many vehicles got stuck

Elephants
Sometimes the adults would stop on toad and block traffic so that the baby ones would cross. Very smart

Impala
Very common like our deer. small herds and cross roads often

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Means !

Typical Washboard road conditions
now multiply what you see for a couple hundred kms on some days....

washboard roads
Look how faded the sign is almost to suggest they are never fixed