Roads Not Taken

We knew we were going to be getting off the usual tourist route on this trip, and that the unpaved roads would likely be fairly solitary, but we had no idea how little traffic we'd encounter on some of the main highways in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces.  These are, indeed, roads not taken.

They are, however, roads often worked on.  On some stretches of highway, we encountered road construction every five miles or so.  This gave us plenty of opportunity to note (and take pictures of) a few peculiarities.

For one thing, rocks seem to be considered a useful substitute for orange cones - to mark the edge of the open lane, for example.

And to indicate a lane closure -

And to keep people from driving on the shoulder -