You know you're on an African road-trip when…
-The trip begins about 2 ½ hours later than expected.
-In order to cross a bridge, all the passengers must exit the vehicle and walk across while others manually adjust the width of the bridge to accommodate the vehicle.
-You stop for a bathroom break and find yourself either behind a bush or in a complete stranger's backyard bathroom.
-All the local animals wander into the road resulting in a dead chicken, a squashed cat and a bruised cow.
-You stop a couple times to allow the driver to perform much needed repairs on the vehicle that conjure up memories of MacGyver episodes.
-You drive through a giant spider web that spans the entire road and half the passengers spend at least 10 or 15 minutes frantically looking for and trying to kill the spider that is now in the vehicle.
-You stop in a town, in the middle of nowhere, and a half-drunk local official check s your passport by shining a flashlight in your face to match your face to the photo.
-A 150 mile road-trip takes 11 ½ hours.
* The above is based on actual events experienced on July 28th by Sam and Sarah Snyder. To those who are wondering, they arrived safely with all their baggage.
