Sunday 4th July

149592-------very windy in tent again---bad roads again...no signs...we turn right N. East.....Tyre blows out, Lee changes, all ok --- 2 cars stop to see if they can help, they tell us we are on the right road----passed village and just took the N.E. track, saw a herd of horses, looked like they were all limping, they all have their legs tied together--front to back---so sad -----see signpost for Actaha (Astana) still 673km---landscape changes to acres of planted crops---arrived at a town - almost a ghost town - asked a man if they had any diesel here, he said "yes, follow me" in Kaz of course, ,,,he takes us to the garage, with just one stop on the way to buy us 4 cans of beer for a present...filled up and drove onto traffic lights and asked people in car the way to Astana -- they said "follow us" so we did for about ten minutes thinking they were going our way, but when they reached the main turning ;they stopped --- could they take a photo before they left to go back to town -- these people are lovely!!!!!!!!