Transportation in Africa

Travel around Africa with the following modes of transportation below.

CAMEL CARAVAN
            This is used for centuries, showing a group of people traveled together across the dessert. Today, caravan is still existing and still much economical compare to          cars. Using of camel caravan is much convenient as there are only few major roads in Sahara besides, there are few places for fuel and massive sandstorm could make the road ahead vanish.

MOTORCYLCLE
            Because of too many gravel roads in Africa and because of a lesser coast for fuel and maintenance, motorcycles are often used as means of transportation in rural    areas.

BUS
            In Southern Africa were most of people don’t have any cars, typical busses are the  way to takes people back and forth. Business people and traders used bus for       more efficient travel.

BICYCLE
            One of the most common means of transportation in rural areas in Southern Africa is thru the used of bicycles. Bicycles are inexpensive, easy to use and of course could travel well on the gravel roads.

CARS
            Modern roads in Africa are the best place for cars. Cars are actually used as a much convenient mode of transportation. There are major road accesses all over   the African continent, major roads that has lots of traffic travels.

WALKING
            In Africa, walking is used most often. Most children walk 2-3 miles away just to  be in schools. However, people with automobiles are usually let some people to ride usually for a small fee particularly in rural areas.

 

Reference:
http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/curriculum/m3/activity5.php