local motorcycle and travel enthusi-
asts in most capitals on our way; Nai-
robi, Kampala, Kigali and Lusaka and
got to experience authentic everyday
life in big cities, which apparently is
more or less the same all around the
world.
It’s the rural life that differs from
country to country, from continent to
continent and the one in Africa is like
nowhere else. The traditional round
huts, covered with roofs made of
straw; iconic red African soil shaded
by the impressive static giants – bao-
bab trees. Women effortlessly balanc-
ing enormous loads on their heads,
dressed in colorful traditional African
textiles; kids, sometimes unbeliev-
ably young, marching along the road,
probably heading home from school
or teenagers cheerfully kicking a ball
made from trash and plastic bags
tightly wrapped around with rope.
All those and many other typical
scenes in small towns and villages
along the way made us feel humbled
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