Met Ingo at the entrance at 10. He paid our tickets to
the museum and site. A great museum deigned by and built by Latvians.
A little small though for the number of tourists. Amazing how fast
the tour guides push them through. Just showing them one little thing
in each room. I personally found the guides very rude, they would
push in front while you were reading and block you from the article.
A
further small drive up to the large rocks to the carvings. Quite a
large site.
A very rough drive the back way to the mud volcano, we past this area where oil was just seeping from the ground
Igor was very
disappointed as cars had driven everywhere and destroyed the overflow
patterns. But quiet impressive with them being cold. Not used to
that.
These guys were standing on the highway selling little white rabbits!!
Next
a Drive to the park, The road here was a little better than the road
north.
The
Park which Igor paid our entry for for two days as we can stay here
tonight. We traveled slowly to the lake and saw a lot of Goitered
Gazelle’s. Mainly just single or two at a time. In winter they form
larger groups for security from the grey wolves. Now they have
mostly vacated the tourist section to be alone for the birth of their
young.
We
had a lunch on the roof top of a viewing area by the lake. Only saw a
few bird flying around.
Next
a slow drive to the mud volcanoes. Saw some turtles and plover, more
gazelles and one snake recently run over. When we got to the volcano
they spotted a snake - a viper. The guide was very worried about us.
We
had received permission to camp here by the sea shore but not to
travel at night and beware snakes etc. etc.
We
however did put our boots on to walk up to the mud volcanoes. Great
spot and oly a few other old foot prints. Nice to see it so
untouched.
Despite
being threatened of a visit by the security guard during the night we
had a quiet night.
A
lovely cool breeze off the Caspian. The gauge read 36 today.