-5°C
and no water again. Oh well will have to shower later today.
We
went for a walk up an old road. John peeled off and went directly up
the hill while I followed the road. I think both my ankle and knee
are improving.
Around a corner I spied the herder and his sheep, on
the next ridge. One of his dogs spied me and took off towards me. The
herder ran after him yelling and finally threw his stick. The dog
stopped and after some unintelligible conversation I headed directly
up the hill away from the herder, and hopefully towards John.
At
the top I stopped John cresting another rise closer to the herder and
we walked back down to the car. A nice little walk. My left knee
bothered me a bit on the way down so walked zig zag down and then
sideways.
I
took some macros of the strange dead plant that is all around.
Still
no water.
The
mattress is again wet underneath so it stood on the floor with all
the other bags that sit on the bed. Hopefully with the house heater
on while driving the mattress and carpet base will dry out.
The road
became less and less used and in the distance we spied a military
compound so were happy as the road to there must be good.
It
was good but there was a gate so we stopped outside the compound
while a couple of soldiers looked at our passports and called for
backup. Finally all good and we were let through.
The barriers to slow your approach to the compound.
Oops! Came
in the back door again!
Completed
our circuit when we got back to Igdir.
Here
we stopped and bought some more veges and then crossed the road to a
restaurant for lunch. John had a little of everything and I had a
eggplant in earthenware thinking it was vego but it had meat and lots
of oil. I am trying to lower my cholesterol….
Every table had a big plastic box filled with sliced bread.
These
cop cars are of the cut out variety flashing lights and all.
Yes
we are back in the land of nesting storks.
Military
graves??
Houses
in the hills
We
passed this poor guy last time. Sentry point at the end of the
bridge.
Back
onto a fresh main road and rough terrain.
Building
another small dam and slipway. Lots of small electricity generating
dams in the area. Other areas just pipe the water to the turbines.
Tarps
at the base of the cliffs create a cover for hay or a warm place to
sleep.
Nowhere
to camp by this busy road so took a small white up the hill hoping to
find a spot. Nothing close to the edge but found a little track that
went to a farmers paddock and a un-plowed area.
214km Camp site 1792m alt.
214km Camp site 1792m alt.