B - reporting
Woke early enough to see the Big Dipper, looking like a Big Question Mark in the pre-dawn starlight. We had coffee, then porridge, waiting for the sun to rise. The roads are too crappy to drive on until it's properly light. Also, it was quite exciting to see the sun actually rise...I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the amount of times I've seen it rise up till now!
Nothing eventful happened on the horribly bumpy road to Aral. We saw several herds of camels, some with the most magnificent neck beards.
We stocked up on essentials (yes, it was beer) in the bazaar in Aral, then after a quick look at the old harbour with its marooned ship and unemployed cranes we carried on driving through the VERY flat desert. It's just so huge, and largely featureless. The most exciting things are scrubby, ankle-high bushes.
The sky is lovely, though. Tonight we saw Jupiter chasing the Moon as it rose, and Orion swaggering up over to the westish.
Woke early enough to see the Big Dipper, looking like a Big Question Mark in the pre-dawn starlight. We had coffee, then porridge, waiting for the sun to rise. The roads are too crappy to drive on until it's properly light. Also, it was quite exciting to see the sun actually rise...I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the amount of times I've seen it rise up till now!
Nothing eventful happened on the horribly bumpy road to Aral. We saw several herds of camels, some with the most magnificent neck beards.
We stocked up on essentials (yes, it was beer) in the bazaar in Aral, then after a quick look at the old harbour with its marooned ship and unemployed cranes we carried on driving through the VERY flat desert. It's just so huge, and largely featureless. The most exciting things are scrubby, ankle-high bushes.
The sky is lovely, though. Tonight we saw Jupiter chasing the Moon as it rose, and Orion swaggering up over to the westish.
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| What a harbor looks like with no water |
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| we sure will just as soon as you fix the roads! |
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