Driving down into the big depression we tried to skirt the town of
Darvi and the lake. Darvi was much bigger than what is on the map.
We
took track short cuts but ended up having a longer trip. Most of the
tracks on our map did not exist anymore. We ended up driving
past/through the rubbish dump. I got out to walk in front to ensure
we did not run over anything sharp.
We
did discover what happens to goat/sheep heads after they are killed
but still no other bones….
Up
the other smooth side of the depression. The depression is about 20km
across.
Very
little feed but we still saw 3 big herds of goat/sheep. The herders
seem to enjoy chats.
This
huge eagle, wingspan must have been over 2 meters, was not exactly
afraid of us just kept his distance so we got to see him take to the
air a few times. He’d run along flapping till he got enough speed
up. Great to watch.
We took what we hoped was a short cut across to a narrow white road.
However just before getting to the pass, a van came towards us and told us
the road did not go through. We returned to the main road. When we got
to the turn off for the small white road we decided not to take it as it
was very narrow and rough.
More camel herds
Got onto a red road and made a few miles. Quite a few
holes in the road but generally we could sit on 60km/h.
We think they were loading the
horses onto the trucks. The first horses we have seen with covers.
Driving
off the road we found a saddle to perch on.
We
now know that the issue with the engine is not the batteries….
