In the middle of the Kazaki desert Carlotta, Luca and Paola wake up at 9 am ready for a new mission> reach Atyrau , 250 km away, and pick up Manfredi at the city airport.
At 2 pm we stop in the only place we see on our way. It’s difficult to describe it. A small house, with nothing around. At the entrance there was a little basin (lavandino) with no water at all, inside everything was blue, just a few tables and 2 smiling girls. Toilets? No words to describe it….
What a bout the menu?No idea. Impossible to read it. Everything was in Russian. Only solution: we decided what to order looking into the kitchen where we found some familiar food: potatoes and spaghetti!!!Happy!
At 5 pm we arrive in Atyrau (40 C’) to pick up Manfredi who was waiting for us since 7 am….Poor guy.
Finally the 500Team is back again. We all go to the hotel and…what a surprise: as a mirage in the desert we find a 5 stars resort, with swimming pool + bar + Italian restaurant on the top floor. And a fantastic health center that Paola and Carlotta enjoyed very much with a wonderful massage….
We totally felt at home as the hotel was full of Italians from the Agip Company (thank you for the kind hospitality Mr. Michele Maldoni !). Like us another Italian Mongol rally team (Tommaso, Jacopo e Paolo) stopped in that oasi because of a problem with their car.
Goodnight everybody, see you tomorrow morning in this wonderful hotel….
Carlotta, Paola, Luca e Manfredi.
At 2 pm we stop in the only place we see on our way. It’s difficult to describe it. A small house, with nothing around. At the entrance there was a little basin (lavandino) with no water at all, inside everything was blue, just a few tables and 2 smiling girls. Toilets? No words to describe it….
What a bout the menu?No idea. Impossible to read it. Everything was in Russian. Only solution: we decided what to order looking into the kitchen where we found some familiar food: potatoes and spaghetti!!!Happy!
At 5 pm we arrive in Atyrau (40 C’) to pick up Manfredi who was waiting for us since 7 am….Poor guy.
Finally the 500Team is back again. We all go to the hotel and…what a surprise: as a mirage in the desert we find a 5 stars resort, with swimming pool + bar + Italian restaurant on the top floor. And a fantastic health center that Paola and Carlotta enjoyed very much with a wonderful massage….
We totally felt at home as the hotel was full of Italians from the Agip Company (thank you for the kind hospitality Mr. Michele Maldoni !). Like us another Italian Mongol rally team (Tommaso, Jacopo e Paolo) stopped in that oasi because of a problem with their car.
Goodnight everybody, see you tomorrow morning in this wonderful hotel….
Carlotta, Paola, Luca e Manfredi.
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