04:30 comes round all too soon and we start to get ourselves together. Obviously things don't go as planned - there is no hot water for a shower and then the electricity in the hotel fails which makes finalising packing and getting our bags downstairs rather tricky!
Still we are all assembled for 5am but unsurprisingly there is no sign of the bus. This trundles in after about 15 mins and after packing and some other faffing we finally head off at 05:30. We get to watch another 'excellent' movie, Ghost Rider, and sleep a little until the road becomes too poor for either but get to the final town before the border at about 10am. Unfortunately it turns out that the border has a big backlog at the moment and so we need to wait there until our fixer and his man on the other side can get them ready for us. This doesn't happen speedily and it soon becomes apparent that we aren't likely to be going anywhere today so get some lunch and then some rooms to rest in.
Later we are told that we aren't moving today and so settle in for the rest of the day. I am feeling pretty ropey still - the twisty, bumpy road seems to have reignited my stomach problems and spend the rest of the day in bed. We are probably leaving tomorrow at 10am so the morning should not be rushed either.
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