Tuesday 22nd June

very very windy....lots to see today, camels, horses, goats, graves, saw a house standing alone bit too much of a quiet location!! Stopped at oasis not a pretty one but the waters there, me and Beverley had a paddle and we did the washing......Me and Beverley are dreaming of a hotel again--no shower of bath since 3rd June--plenty of buckets but not quite the same---we did have a shower but that had to go with the trailer - no space for it......We are soon to arrive in Actipay, our first big Khaz town, it's near the aspian sea, which up to now, has been a big big disappointment, so we are not holding our breath!!Well it turns out to be a huge modern city with a better feel than the Russian cities, the people just seem to be much happier, we have heard some english being spoken---again people have right of way and just walk out into the traffic---trying to find a map we ask at a garage--no good--but two young men offer to show us the way to a shop where we can buy one--their names are Cherub and Fernando, after following them from shop to shop we are then passed over to their freind whom we follow for a while but between them all they cannot find us a map or a compass or a satnav!!! We drive on through the town and camp in the desert, good just a few mosies..........