Got up at 7.30 to make an early get away from the beach. Two of the guys from last night were there to see us off and let us out through the locked gate. Now we’re on our way south round the Caspian coast, heading for a place called Ramsar which has some hot sulphur springs according to TYO’s map.
Just stopped in Rasht because we’ve seen a toolshop that might have a footpump, James is off playing charades now.
A couple of trips across the road, one cup of tea and £10 later, we have a footpump which looks very robust and should definitely last the rest of the trip.
Stopped again, still in Rasht, TB4 is too hot again thanks to the slow traffic, managed to end up right next to a cake shop though, so Russ and James have just bought a HUGE box of pastries, while Hugh and I had a chat with a friendly traffic policeman. Finally leaving Rasht now.
After driving around Ramsar stopping to ask numerous policemen where the thermal springs are, we’ve found them! There’s a huge fancy hotel with the spring baths in the grounds – There are individual baths, bigger ones for groups and a public one. We’ve gone for a group one between the four of us for an hour and are off to get hot and egg-smelly!
Wow, that was different! It’s like a Jacuzzi and a sauna all in one, the water’s so hot we spent most of the time with just legs or an arm in the water, then hosing down with cold water and bombing in again. Off towards Nowshahr to find somewhere to camp.
We’ve found a nice little spot on a dirt track behind a small village off the main road, next to the hills, just trying to find some firewood now.
It was a nice campsite, until a short angry farmer came up and started shouting in Farsi at us and miming that if we camped there we might get beaten or shot in our sleep. So now we’re back on the main road looking for somewhere a little more friendly.
Just arrived at a beach campsite resort type place which is £2 per car for the night. Nice and cheap and looks very busy. We’re going to pitch the tents on the beach and hopefully the tide won’t come in too far!
Photos from the day.
Just stopped in Rasht because we’ve seen a toolshop that might have a footpump, James is off playing charades now.
A couple of trips across the road, one cup of tea and £10 later, we have a footpump which looks very robust and should definitely last the rest of the trip.
Stopped again, still in Rasht, TB4 is too hot again thanks to the slow traffic, managed to end up right next to a cake shop though, so Russ and James have just bought a HUGE box of pastries, while Hugh and I had a chat with a friendly traffic policeman. Finally leaving Rasht now.
After driving around Ramsar stopping to ask numerous policemen where the thermal springs are, we’ve found them! There’s a huge fancy hotel with the spring baths in the grounds – There are individual baths, bigger ones for groups and a public one. We’ve gone for a group one between the four of us for an hour and are off to get hot and egg-smelly!
Wow, that was different! It’s like a Jacuzzi and a sauna all in one, the water’s so hot we spent most of the time with just legs or an arm in the water, then hosing down with cold water and bombing in again. Off towards Nowshahr to find somewhere to camp.
We’ve found a nice little spot on a dirt track behind a small village off the main road, next to the hills, just trying to find some firewood now.
It was a nice campsite, until a short angry farmer came up and started shouting in Farsi at us and miming that if we camped there we might get beaten or shot in our sleep. So now we’re back on the main road looking for somewhere a little more friendly.
Just arrived at a beach campsite resort type place which is £2 per car for the night. Nice and cheap and looks very busy. We’re going to pitch the tents on the beach and hopefully the tide won’t come in too far!
Photos from the day.
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