South African Car Bingo

Vince and I have done spent some time criss-crossing South Africa by car. Along the west coast from Cape Town to Namibia. Through the Karoo from Joburg to Cape Town. Along the southern coast from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town. Up the east coast from Durban to Kosi Bay. From East London along the Wild Coast. Through the Kalahari to Botswana. From Joburg to Zimbabwe in the north and Mozambique in the east.

I am not sure how many kilometers we have actually logged since we've arrived here, but at this point I think it's more than enough for us to qualify as experts in a little game we like to call South African Car Bingo. (It is American Car Bingo but adapted to South Africa.)





These are some of the things that you will find on our bingo cards:

• someone carrying something illogically large on their head
• a "beware of potholes" sign
• a pothole that looks like it could swallow your car
• an ostrich crossing the road
• a cow crossing the road
• a baboon crossing the road
• sheep crossing the road
• guinea fowl crossing the road
• human beings crossing a highway
• a tuck shop
• a winkel
• a sign with a street name in two languages
• a thatched rondavel
• any Voortrekker Street
• a mailbox with the name du Toit, du Plessis or Pretorious on it
• a child carrying more than one jerry can filled with water
• a woman with a baby strapped to her back
• a barefoot child
• a taxi making an illegal move
• someone hailing a taxi with a taxi hand sign
• three or more speed humps in a row
• someone braaing boeries on the side of the road
• someone cutting hair outside on the side of the road
• someone urinating on the side of the road in plain sight
• a police checkpoint
• a sign advertising anything plus biltong
• a sign advertising "the best" panelbeater
• a "we love you Madiba" billboard
• a KFC
• a robot that is not working
• someone at a robot selling something, advertising something, collecting trash or begging
• a mine dump
• a bakkie with six or more people in the back 
• a police checkpoint
• people dressed in white worshiping in a circle
• a woman with a baby strapped to her back
• a sign advertising penis enlargement by a sangoma
• a slaghuis
• a wildfire burning
• a wine route sign
• a 4X4 only sign
• a car stuck in the mud or sand who ignored the 4X4 only sign
• a car with a Mozambique triangle on the bumper
• a town name with -spruit or -fontein as part of it
• car with a rhino horn on the hood

"The miles will fly and the kids won't cry when you play South African Car Bingo."