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On The Road

            At the end of a day’s driving in Zaire, and with the jungle forming an impenetrable wall on either side of the road; often the only option for a camp site was the road itself. Thankfully, night traffic was rare, as village chiefs used to lower the 'rain barriers',  closing the roads in wet conditions to preserve some semblance of a driving surface. 

Regarding the items in the photo, the folding table I still have to this day. The old yellow bucket and the jerry can were thrown out just before Christmas but the enamel mugs are still kicking around the barn somewhere. I drove the van for about a year after I returned before selling it.

I had driven it from UK to Johannesburg in 1971. This was the return trip. Sadly, owing to a dodgy mechanic in South Africa, Marty and I had to take the engine out of the Veedub four times between Nairobi and England. 

It became quite a slick operation, undoing the half dozen engine mounting bolts, and dropping it down onto my skate-board, and then wheeling it out through the rear of the vehicle on the picnic table. It all seemed quite normal at the time.
 
Ektachrome scan. Nikon F
Zaire, central Africa. 1973. © David Hill.

Taken on: January 11, 2020

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Camera: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED
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Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Macintosh)
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