tirsdag den 21. april 2015

Wild camping in Turkmenistan #2

Early morning. Malene had set the alarm for 5:45 to be ready for breakfast at 6:30. Suited well with Mikkel's plans about getting up and cooking beans for tonight's chili con carne. All quiet in the camp only a few people getting up that early to prepare breakfast. Beans cooking and it turns out breakfast was not until 7:30 so we climbed the nearest hill and had a great view at the sun rising over the desert. Just another day at the office.

Breakfast, truck packed and ready at 8 am – and then we left for a full day of driving. There are not that many roads in this part of the country – mainly because there are no people living here and the road we were supposed to take was missing a bridge, so short detour.

One the way to the next wild camp we stopped at the Kunye Urgench ruins. You had to have a good imagination to think how grand the city used to be because nearly everything has been destroyed. But we heading to Uzbekistan tomorrow where there are similar buildings in a much better condition.

We got to the campsite not too late so we had time to relax and enjoy the warm evening, a superb chili con carne from Mikkel's cook group. People hung around the camp fire for a while after dinner so we had marsmallows as a nice treat.

Sunrise
Sunrise 
Not much out there
Not much traffic
Monument and picture with the president
Lunch
Kunye Urgench ruins
Kunye Urgench ruins
Kunye Urgench ruins - watch tower
Kunye Urgench ruins
Kunye Urgench ruins
Getting back in the truck
Truck life
Truck life

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