Egypt and Africa at last

Finally in the port now with a Dutch guy too.

Sat the 15th saw us finally arrive in Port Said. We had "booked" on a ferry for the tue 11th however tue came and went along with wed and finally after doing the ritual of calling Remon travel each morning at 9 then calling back a few more times, we were told on Thurs that it was sailing at last!
Got into the port at 11:00 did paper work, customs etc.. and waited until 22:00 to board then spent the night onboard in port with the ship finally sailing at 07:00 on Fri. We finally got off Sat about 18:00.
Now (Mon) sitting in a cafe waiting for the word our cars have cleared customs and have the Egyptian number plates, hopefully today.

Lena ops to walk

The extra time in Turkey meant we had time to explore a bit more around Iskundrun and met up with two Irish lads who were waiting for the same boat. Sat nav engaged we went and explored/got lost in the mountains above. One of the dead ends furnished us with fruit from some nice locals and a confusing map drawn in the dirt on the bonnet.
Setting off again we started down a track (listed as a proper road on the sat nav) which lead into a beautiful gorge with a nice chance for a refreshing dip. As the track continued it became steadily worse and bore less signs of being traveled, eventually showing none. However now some 2 hours down the "road" we determined to press on, starting with clearing rocks that had fallen down onto the narrow track blasted out of the vertical rock. Later a complete landslip blocked the way and the shovels were broken out and the talk that it must get better from here. 30 mins of filling in and digging out produced enough of a path for a hairy bump over the remains and we were on our way again.

Thanks to Bob who cleared the lions shares of rocks

Strangely passengers from each vehicle had elected to walk the last hour or so of slow progress. Thankfully this was the worst bit and we shortly came onto a better track and not long after a large waterpipe overflowing down the hill provided much needed refreshment. I think had we approached the track from the other way we should have soon turned back but from the direction we came we had gone so far and it showed so little left on the sat nav we had pushed on. Along with the fact there was no room to turn around on the track in all but a few places!

Much needed dip

Still it was a diffrent way to spend the day and yeiled some of the most spectacular scenery.














Now we sit in the heat, dirt and smells of port said waiting for the next leg.