Potholes and elephants, story of our Spring Break. The road between Nata and Kasane was by far, the WORST road I have ever driven on. Huge, deep potholes dispersed throughout the entire drive. There were about 10 km of road that was horrible, we almost thought we wouldn't make it! It resembled swiss cheese, with much more holes than cheese. At some points we had to drive on the unpaved shoulder of the road, which later proved to be a problem. And just when we would hit a stretch of nicely paved road, with smooth driving, we would approach a massive pothole that took up the entirety of the road and we would have to swing around into the shoulder. As an added delight, our presence would sometimes be graced by elephants. To be honest, at our first elephant sighting, I felt like we were in Jurassic Park. Elephants are HUGE! And when you're less than 10 feet away from them in a small car, it can be a little scary. One of the craziest things I've ever seen was along this drive, a massive dead elephant being eaten by vultures. Followed by a dead hyena in the middle of the road moments later. The drive was pretty surreal, and having driven part of it I felt very accomplished!
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