Woke up early suffering from the night before's shashlik - never again (Well at least until Russia where I hear its all they eat)
We cleared out the car and made a late start North. An uneventful drive as far as Taldy Korgan where we stopped for a beer and to consider our next move.
We had noticed a minor road to the North up to a lake. We decided that a late swim and sleeping under the starts would be the order of the day.
We drove 120km up a minor road and came to Lepsi.
We were greeted by a sign that showed the delights of Jet Skiing, saling, swimming etc, all looked good.
We drove into the village and were greeted by a group of small children who screamed with delight when we waved back at them. - Dead end. We drove back and on the way, Alex tipped half a box of lollipos out, the kids went mad but were polite to give us a 'Spaceba'.
We started to ask directions to the beach - then came the bad the news, the lake had receded so badly that the beach was now 40km away. Really sad - another Aral Sea in the making.
We found a nice spot by a river just outside the village.
Almost as soon as we arrived, a large 4x4 went past and seemed to be checking us out.
We cooked and Alex went to the levee to watch the sun set.
I got into my sleeping bag.
It was dark and th 4x4 re-appeared. They gestured that they were looking for cows but seemed a little interested in us.
Alex had seen it all from the levee.
Enough was enough, in spite of being 2 grown men who aren't usually phased by this sort of thing, we didn't feel entirely safe. We packed up and got back onto the road.
We decided to take another minor road which re-connected with the main road. Big mistake.
We drove 117km at 30km/hour over giant potholes. At times it seemed that the plants were taking over. It was a little unnerving but eventually we made it to the main road.
We found a small cafe and slept next to it.
We cleared out the car and made a late start North. An uneventful drive as far as Taldy Korgan where we stopped for a beer and to consider our next move.
We had noticed a minor road to the North up to a lake. We decided that a late swim and sleeping under the starts would be the order of the day.
We drove 120km up a minor road and came to Lepsi.
We were greeted by a sign that showed the delights of Jet Skiing, saling, swimming etc, all looked good.
We drove into the village and were greeted by a group of small children who screamed with delight when we waved back at them. - Dead end. We drove back and on the way, Alex tipped half a box of lollipos out, the kids went mad but were polite to give us a 'Spaceba'.
We started to ask directions to the beach - then came the bad the news, the lake had receded so badly that the beach was now 40km away. Really sad - another Aral Sea in the making.
We found a nice spot by a river just outside the village.
Almost as soon as we arrived, a large 4x4 went past and seemed to be checking us out.
We cooked and Alex went to the levee to watch the sun set.
I got into my sleeping bag.
It was dark and th 4x4 re-appeared. They gestured that they were looking for cows but seemed a little interested in us.
Alex had seen it all from the levee.
Enough was enough, in spite of being 2 grown men who aren't usually phased by this sort of thing, we didn't feel entirely safe. We packed up and got back onto the road.
We decided to take another minor road which re-connected with the main road. Big mistake.
We drove 117km at 30km/hour over giant potholes. At times it seemed that the plants were taking over. It was a little unnerving but eventually we made it to the main road.
We found a small cafe and slept next to it.
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