Yet as the razor wire suggests, the Third World lurks around many corners.
They not only have to cut through razor wire to cross the Limpopo river, but face the threat of being swept away, encountering deadly crocodiles and being abused by predatory men.
Two hundred yards farther along, a wood-planked district police station encircled by razor wire sits off the road's left shoulder.
The wall between the first and third worlds is higher in South Africa than it is in many other countries, topped with razor wire and patrolled by armed security guards.
The sun rises behind razor wire at an Army outpost in the village of Balanday, in Dand District, Afghanistan. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
With helicopters buzzing overhead, the troops sidestepped the coils of razor wire that protect the entrance to the outpost.
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