Tuesday July 20th

151576....good nights sleep.......we see a strange insect, it is about 3" long and one and a half wide, it has the head of a locust, six legs, two what look like long spinerettes and is grey, see photos --- 12pm on the road, we see an upturned trailer which was carrying water melons, ......on our left there is black sky and lightening - on our right a dead cow---pooh!!!! We are driving into the storm, then we see a van off the road stuck in the sand/mud, Lee drives down to help them and we sink also, we dig and drive ourselves out and get back on the road, then Lee takes the sandboards down to them, they escape, very grateful!! We drive away from the storm for hours, stopped by police and asked for money, because they said we were speeding; Lee refuses to pay them and they ask for a camera, Lee declines and they let us go........we arrive at Astana at 8.30pm and go to the same hotel as before....car insurance has now run out......