Saturday 8^th November

Left hotel at 7.00 (told garage that hotel was paying so saved money there – hotel was expensive as I found it did not include parking – so fiddle was justified) and after trying two banks (without luck) to get dollars pressed on a good road until Shahpasand. Then a right turn took us onto the section I’ve been dreading – very bad unmade road with dried mud, ruts, stones etc.

I kept the speed above 30mph where possible and this reduced some of the bumps (found that stones from the back wheels had pushed parts of the back wings outwards causing the paint to chip!!). The road would be impossible in rain I should think because we “forded” two streams. This bad part (there’s another after Mashed) lasts for 243 miles on the northern route. Reached Boynurd by 5.00 after eating dinner by roadside again and stayed in super hotel for cost of $1!!. Own washbasin too!