Sunday, September 7, 2008

King of the Road

The stretch of road between Arusha and Babati is paved for 60 miles and graveled the remaining 60 miles. This is a major thoroughfare between 2 major cities in Tanzania: Arusha and Dodoma, the capital. It is highly traveled by what Texans would call "18-wheelers" and large buses. With no other traffic in site, a driver can drive wherever the road is the smoothest.

However, when a bus comes into site, all drivers beware.!! They are over-accelerated, over-crowded, and not overly-concerned with the "other guy". Often the axle is bent, so the bus appears to be traveling down the road side-ways.

This was taken once the dust started to clear...for several seconds, it is "zero visibility".
Gives new to meaning to the old saying, "EAT MY DUST!!!"
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