Atyrau to Beyneu - in search of a bed

Day 26 435 Km ( 8326 Km total)

 

A long ride, camel spotting & accommodation hunting

 

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Leaving tye centre of Atyrau, it was easy to forget what xountry I was in. Pristine buildings & manicured flower beds.

 

But a few km outside of the city, it all changed.

 

The road surface was pretty good though & so good progess was made.

Not much to see apart from the marker posts

And the odd camel, keeping watch.

More marker posts, this one favouring an wild cat of some sort.

 

 

More camels ....

... And then a different sort of camel, must have been ostracised by his mates ala ugly duckling, as he was all on his own.

The road went in almost a perfect straight line for maybe 300km ... With on,y these minor distractions to break the monotony ...

occasionally there would be a cemetary

 

 

Pretty clouds ... Hum tee humm tee humm ...

Then we reached Beyneu, the last town & chance of accommodation before the Uzbek border some 70km away. No hotels were listed anywhere, so it was a case of riding around looking & asking ...

No joy at this place ...

 

This one was a newly built motel but not open yet ...

After half 3/4 of an hour we found this place, that was open & had rooms ... It was a little "physco" like inside, but we had been on the road cor about 9 hours by this time so would take more or less anything .... Plus it was the only one in town, which provided an added incentive. The building behind was a restaurant of sorts, where we went to eat.

 

Bed for the nights - good enough

 

 

& lots of camels walking past outside.

 

An early night tonight as it had been a long day. Tomorrow its off to the Uzbek border, which should be intersting. The road to it is supposedto be very rough & the border problematic.

Early start required.