
The long road starts with a bird
An ostrich in the Northern Cape, standing in exactly the kind of space the road has to cross.
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Rituals / The Long Road
The road out and the landscape it crosses. Half the country is a long drive from the other half, and the trip itself is a ritual with its own stops.

An ostrich in the Northern Cape, standing in exactly the kind of space the road has to cross.

A canyon, a waterfall and a river below: the part of Limpopo that the highway only skirts.