Day 66. Langer - Murgharb

Come on an adventure he said. It’ll be fun he said.
Oh haha. Our bodies are battered but our spirits are strong.

We had been warned that the first 100km today are a real test, with many kilometres of sand to negotiate and very steep and tight bends to negotiate as we climb out of this valley and rejoin the M41. So we left this morning with feelings to trepidation.

Straight away we were into extremely tight hairpin bends as we gained height very quickly. This is not a road but just a four wheel drive track. There are no guard rails and some of the drop offs would take your breath away. Onward and upwards we began to feel the altitude.

No photos at this point- I'm hanging on tightly! -Found out later this section of the road is listed as one of the most dangerous roads in the world! I'd believe it - sheer drop and not much space, so steep. Robyn 

We passed by very close to Afghanistan and saw a caravan like convoy of people walking, some of the men were on horseback and had black turbans on, they looked fearsome even from across the river. Then quite a few donkeys made up the convoy. We waved out and the walkers waved back. A couple of ks further on we saw 3 camels filling their humps at the rivers edge.

Then up and up and up and the track was sandy in places mostly ok but some deep sections also. We canned off twice. No damage to bike or us and our mates helped us to lift the bike up. The track then turned away from Afghanistan so we say goodbye to this incredible landscape.

The scenery after this, I just can’t find the words to adequately describe. I will let the photos speak for themselves. It was just incredible to see. Jason took some drone footage so hopefully that will turn out ok. We arrived at an army checkpoint and as we were waiting for the guy to process our paperwork and incredible dust storm came over us and covered us in fine sand. It only lasted a couple of minutes then it was gone.

We have arrived in Murghab utterly knackered. These last 3 days days have tested us in so many ways but I wouldn’t have missed this opportunity for anything.