Sadly last night’s sleep was somewhat interrupted by power issues in the hotel which meant that the air-conditioning kept turning on and off as the power came and went, and for a while it also got pretty hot in our…
We’ve (gone to) Gonbad (stage 87)
A cool and surprisingly damp night as clouds rolled in overnight – it’s the first cloudy day I can recall since Almaty which is many days and several hundred kilometres away. We decided to do a ‘term photo’ for the…
Off to the national park (stage 86)
…Goleston National Park includes partly cultivated steppe and contrastingly thick mountain forests of 500-year-old trees… Lonely Planet, Iran All of which sounds really interesting but so far all we’ve seen are brown hills that look like Central Otago though we’ve…
Bojnord bound (stage 85)
Another chilly night full of disruptions – it seems the park is the place to go after dark so we had a constant stream of people walking and driving past our tents along with a visit from the police at…
Back to the hills (stage 84)
After our late night last night we were supposed to be having a sleep in and a late breakfast, but people were up and shuffling (crashing) round from 0600, so that didn’t really work out. The one thing it was…
Off to Ashgabat (stage 82)
Another crappy night’s sleep – last night it wasn’t so much about the distractions as just not being able to get to sleep – I was still awake at 2330 so went for a wander out to the road in…
Blowing in the wind (stage 81)
Not a great nights sleep was had – too many dogs barking, trucks arriving and general movement on the road to make for anything particularly restful. It also got surprisingly cool, to the point that I needed a second layer…
Racing across the desert (stage 80)
My roomie was up just before 0500 so with plenty of time to spare I took a shower this morning, mostly just to enjoy again the best showering experience of the trip – the water pressure is amazing! Rider’s meeting…