John
got up in the night to lower the roof. The wind was coming in very
strong gusts.
We
drove through the little village, It looked very tired but had at
least one new building in the making.
The
mosque was well looked after.
The
drive through the park was very interesting. Quite different
landscape with the weathered red rock formations.
Smoke
was still being issued from a grass/forest fire but the fire brigade
and two choppers were still in the vicinity.
The
Grain silos look like thy were created for a sci fi movie.
Some
of the roads needed a bit of attention. It looks like they were not
built with the big trucks in mind that slowly make their way down
these roads.
At
our lunch stop we applied for the Ukraine e-visas It will take 10 days
and we had to put the date of the 8th in as you must apply at least
10 working days in advance. We assumed we could apply for another
tomorrow for our return from Australia
The
road we took skirted north of Termirtau the area had mines and many
smoke stacks a very industrial area.
About
6 unused, nearly finished apartment blocks a great playground for
kids. One wonders at their story?
A
wonderful colored sunset
At
least the road from her was a highway so managed to catch up
some time.
Turning
off at Arshaly after dark we were soon on a rather rough track.
Using
google maps on satellite view we poked into the reeds but a bit wet
underfoot so went back out to the side of the lake, there appeared to
be trenches everywhere and we did not now if they were drains or try
to stop people.
We
got to the beach without crossing any drains and camped on the sand
above the beach in the dark.
I
checked the website and can only have one application for visa in at a
time. Going to be cutting it very close need that return visa before
we leave our vehicle behind in a foreign country
403km Camp site 391m alt.
403km Camp site 391m alt.