We talked a lot about the roads of our safari, so we wanted to give you an idea of those as well. Here is a photo essay of the roads we drove while on safari.
Roads of South Africa
There were many big regular highways in South Africa, but our first campsite took us off of them!
Roads of Botswana
There were of course long stretches of tar highways here too. The hardest part was watching for the many many cows and donkeys that constantly decided to cross the road in front of you. There were warthogs leaping out on the road every now and then as well. As we made our way into the parks, the roads became deep sand.

Here is the road where we got stuck. It was purely accident that we got this picture. We just took it, continued driving and picked the wrong road. It is hard to see how deep the sand was down there… but it was bad!
Roads of Namibia
After Botswana, Namibia felt like a breeze. No more deep sand, but lots and lots of gravel.

We had to drive into the sun sometimes. This evening was particularly difficult cause there was a lot of dust in the air… we could hardly see!

We enjoyed the southern African version of waysides or picnic areas. We would see a sign for a table under a tree… and then you’d always see the table under the tree!

Watch out for the above sign. They meant you were about to cross a river… most likely a dry one. But it was good for a big dip!
On the windy one with the power lines running, it would have been great if there also had been windmills!
roads that look like some of those in Colorado and Utah
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