So fast down.

I was reluctant to leave my room, Jebal al Akhtar Grand Hotel has out performed in every aspect, cleaner, friendlier, better food, perfect bike parking, biggest pool, cheaper, compared to all the other hotels i have stayed in on this trip and the last. But at 6.30 i rolled out, took my fingers off the brakes and for 30 minutes freewheeled down hill.

I travelled mainly on a bigish road. Stopping occasionally for water and food. Really nothing spectacular happened, the views on either side were mountainous and beautiful. I covered 100 oms easily and by 2pm i was riding slow looking for a shaded camp spot.

All the flat areas were on the other side of the road. I found a drainage ditch and walked through to find great expanses of flat ground. Far enough to only just hear the road.