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Baku to TurkmenBasha
Had breakfast still no call. Took the bikes round to the local Dobi Walla and had them cleaned for five local currency £2.50. Then we finally get the call and rush off to the port a pig to find no chance without the sat nav points. Passport and customs are grumpy again but to be fair one or two of them have a good sense of humour. Finally onto the boat and away well after they've loaded a humongous number of rail trucks. Tony did a great job in making sure we all got cabins it looks like the local guys make their money out of the tourists by charging twice. The guys tying the bikes wanted to charge five dollars but we ignored them and the problem seemed to go away. The boat is in a terrible state the cabins are a wreck and the toilets are in a real state there seems to be one loo for the whole of the boat with the exception of the crew I expect. The boys have bought 47 beers and as I nod off to sleep I can hear them debating if it would be rude to refuse a second bottle of vodka for five dollars.. that's gonna get really messy.
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