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Old 12-08-2010, 02:20 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Agamemnon View Post
I backpacked Africa Cape Town to Kigali a couple years ago, and I think the #1 issue you'll face is the roads are in terrible shape, even (especially?) major national highways. They are riddled with potholes and limit speeds often to like 30km/hour, and it's constant weaving around potholes for hours and hours. I did not see one nice bit of 'highway' in the dozen+ countries I was in outside South Africa, and I'm sure I traveled the major routes (ie capitol to capitol).
Yeah, I am not expecting an Autobahn that's for sure. For that reason I am going to be sure to have a LR with a lift kit and 2-3 spare tires as I cannot even imagine some of the roads I will have to drive over.
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