After breakfast we leave on our longest driving day so far. We need to cover 603km but will still be a day behind our itinery. We have asked Tracy whether it us feasible to delay our departure from China by a day as there is not really any slack in the schedule, but we don't yet have an answer.
The driving starts off OK, but the nice dual carriageway comes to an abrupt end and we have 2 hours of almost Kazachstan style driving to cover the next 50km.
Fortunately the nice road is re-instated, and we have a further 6 hours of trying to stay awake at the wheel, arriving in Urumchi at 8pm, precisely the time the car rental plcaes close.
Fuel here is 55p a litre. There were some good bits to Kazachstan.
Upmarket hotel tonight, £12.80 per room. Definetly worth the extra compared to last night.
Lat 43 48.23
Long 87 35.82
Town Urumchi
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