John’s tummy was still not 100%. We stayed in our
camp till about 1400hrs. Then finally decided to move on.
We
stopped again at Berunly, to get our under seat support on passenger seat fixed, it had broken a few days ago, therefor the seat was uncomfortable. We asked one shoe repairer to glue a piece of vinyl
to the break and to stitch it. It cost 5 minutes and 10,000 som,
AU$2 to fix. Bought a few apricots and tomatoes then headed back to
the diesel guy.
We saw some very big tanks being transported on low loaders with many axles, and police escort.
Filled with black-market diesel, another 60 liters and filled 4 x 6 liters bottles of water. Tank not full but close enough.
Back
towards Nukus then north into the dessert. The road was good in
places but only averaged about 50km/h.
Turned off East towards
Uchquduq and the road became a little more degraded. Our map
indicated water to the north so headed to it. Drove down a little
track and camped above a dry salt lake. There was a building on the
far side.
I
walked down and took some photos of salt crystals then came back up
to open out the vehicle. It was very hot.
One
very small car came back from across the other side. They stopped to
say hi - 5 men and one goat in a very small car!
John photographed, a few of the more interesting tracks made by little inhabitants.
I
sat on the seat and the little camera bounced out the door leaving
its cover on the top step and fell into the sand. I brushed it off
carefully then turned it on. The lens would not open. Not sure if
from the bounce of a grain of sand stuck somewhere. Not a good ending
to the day.
A
quiet night but it was after 10:30 by the time we climbed into bed.185km