Another beautiful morning
Off to work!
A big days drive to get to Mashhad. We noticed a castle
on the map, near Esfarayen, so dropped in to see it. A castle built
from mud bricks. A lot of reconstruction has been done to it. Nice to
see what it once looked like. A big area encompassed by the walls,
about 5 acres.
We took a yellow short cut so missed Sabzevar. The road was good and very quiet. A good short cut.
Stopped to get fuel and noticed another 10,000km’s had clicked over. 170,000km - time for a service.
We
have been keeping the fuel tank above the half way mark as some
stations will not sell us diesel. One should have a card to self-serve on
the pumps and we of course do not own such a card.
We forgot to fill the cooking bottle with petrol so stopped at the last gas station before our camp. It was shut down. As we had pulled over and were pondering this a car stopped beside us and a lady got out to chat. Her English was quiet good. In the end John and her partner left to go get petrol.
We forgot to fill the cooking bottle with petrol so stopped at the last gas station before our camp. It was shut down. As we had pulled over and were pondering this a car stopped beside us and a lady got out to chat. Her English was quiet good. In the end John and her partner left to go get petrol.
This
lady at 31 lived with her 7 year old child, and the guy in the car
was her friend of 4 years. She was a professional and worked in
foreign exchange. She gave me a few more insights into the lives of
the less devout Iranian.
Pictures like these are in every town no matter how small. I assume people lost in the past wars.
Up the hill past Khalai to the south-west of Maashad, to find lots of tracks and cars. People out enjoying the sights. We found a track up past a car and onto the top of the hill with great views out over the city.
Up the hill past Khalai to the south-west of Maashad, to find lots of tracks and cars. People out enjoying the sights. We found a track up past a car and onto the top of the hill with great views out over the city.
A
nice quiet evening and early night.390km