The oldest and most dillapidated road trucks
\nPly this route its difficult and hard
\nLoaded up with all sorts its so dangerous
\nOn unmade roads you have to be on guard
\nEvery moment of the long long journey
\nThere are no roads to speak just awful tracks
\nLacking any substance and these are just the facts
\nMines everywhere and quick sand sharp stones to
\nTears one’s tyres
\nEverything about the place is terrible
\nAnd every journey comes with its surprise<\/p>\n
Somaliland is independent from Somalia
\nIts a republic the border there is one
\nThe visa office opens just three hours and to be sure
\nYou have to pay your taxes those you can’t ignore
\nIt costs around 1200 Somaliland dollars
\nCounting that is difficult to do
\nIts weighed out thats the bank notes
\nSome ten kilograms
\nMoney is almost worthless which is true<\/p>\n
We are following a trucker whose called Rashid
\nWho does this journey at least two times per week
\nHe carries two passengers and his own mechanic
\nAnd check his truck to ensure its at its peak
\nBreaking down in the desert can be costly
\nGetting a tow to the village of the damned
\nThats a place that once was into farming
\nBut its now a holding post and it is crammed
\nUp with broken trucks awaiting parts to come
\nThe farmers are now mechanics so everyone knows some
\nOne who fixes something and a barn is the hotel
\nBut really for the truckers its really called a hell<\/p>\n
The trucks that do get through give messages
\nTo operatives to tell them their trucks lost
\nDrivers get exhausted from the driving and the fear
\nAnd keep themselves awake with “khat” a drug or so I hear.
\nA green leaf that soon gets to you a stimulant effect
\nIt makes your eyes so bloodshot so its easy to detect
\nThe round trip earns 135 dollars so good money if you have the balls
\nAll the way to Hargeisa to drop the load
\nAnd find another to come back with another on the same road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The oldest and most dillapidated road trucks Ply this route its difficult and hard Loaded up with all sorts its so dangerous On unmade roads you have to be on guard Every moment of the long long journey There are … Continue reading