open road

Driving in Zambia I find myself comparing it to Malawi. The roads are much more empty, there’s less traffic, no minibuses (except in Lusaka) and far less pedestrians and goats meandering across the highway. The whole country is more sparsely populated and the roads are truly empty. Generally the roads have been ok apart from the road to S Luangwa. This was terrible, part of the problem was that much of it is being rebuilt so cars were directed off onto dirt tracks alongside the road. Navigation has been straightforward, usually there’s only a couple of roads to chose from and despite the lack of signs we’ve been ok. The dearth of signs and villages means that we often had little idea of where we were until we reached our destination.