Day 75. Shonzhy - Zharkent
Desert day today. Unfortunately our hotel didn't do breakfast and the lovely cafe next door wasn't open, so we set off in search of the Charyn Canyon view point as marked on Maps.me. We found the turn off ok but hesitated when it indicated 24km down a gravel track and there wasn't a sign post to be seen to indicate we were on the right track. So with everything saying don't do it, off we went. Wasn't all that bad but boy was it isolated, nothing but desert and the occasional abandoned building. The lookout when we got there was really nice, the views were stunning. We resisted the temptation to descend the narrow track into the canyon, ( we're not really risk takers- yeah right). So back the 24km on the rough dirt track with only a couple of "I'm sure it was that way" moments. Know how she feels when it all goes south. Back to the main road for cold water and ice cream for breakfast. While we were feasting a...