Day 28 302 Km ( 9045 Km total)
Pretty uncomfortable day for me due to my finger, but a good lunchtime & wonderful stop in the evening.
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Woke early after a restless night due to the pain in my hand, i need to find some way of immobilising the little finger as I kept catching it. Went for a short stroll outside and watched some goats for a while.
Putting my gloves in was a very painful excercise as by now my whole hand was swollen and the little finger was still jutting out at an angle. Tried a rubber band to secure it to the next fimger, but way too tight. Then Russ came up with the solution and gave me a hairband, just the job & back in action.
Quite why a hardened biker carries a hairband with him is somethimg you will have to ask Russ!
And so we were off towards Khiva for a planned 2 day stop (it's a city I particularly wanted to see)
More long straight roads across the desert scrubland
And more ...
And more ...
Still had to concentrate to avoid sand drifts and cope with bumpy sections, and keep checking in case we could find fuel
Whilst trying to change money & get fuel (both unsuccessfully) in Nukus, we were approached by a local who offered to help. Salamat turned out to be a real gem!
Not only did he take us to somewhere to change money, he also then took us to another place to get fuel (both black market). To top it all he then invited us back to his home for lunch. Wonderful man!
Lunch with Salamat & his brother
And with his wife, father & other brother.
Suitable refressed, refuelled, refinanced & reminded of the value of human kindness we set off for the remaining 3 hours of straight desert roads.
A train trundling past on the railway that accompanied the road for most of the journey.
It just goes on...
And on ...
And on ...
a marker post & we are nearly there now ...
At last, our hotel in Khiva
First priority some black market fuel
And a tantilising glimpse of the visual treadures to come ...
See more pics in the next blog ...
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