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Sat next to Rich on the way to babel pretty uneventful journey apart from a few times when stopped by police for the usual checks.
Arrived at the camp which was infact a local park set up the tent in a nice quiet spot then contemplated the only thing to do in the area which was to climb to the top of the mountain to see the castle.
Definitely not for the weak hearted as 10 mins in all hot and sweaty the 10 of us stood at the foot of a waterfall contemplating our next move. After a bit of exploratory work by Fintan, d*** finally found a route round. Another 2 hours of climbing and some fantastic views later and we were finally at the top.
d*** and sue headed off here to try to find a hotel we had heard was nearby for a taxi back to camp as we investigated the castle further before starting our decent.
Half an hour into our search for the same hotel we came across d*** and sue stood with a Shepard his son and 2 donkeys, they had accepted a lift on a moped from a kind local promptly fallen off and had now opted with the 4 footed mode of transport.
We all ended up paying the guide to take us to the hotel on foot mainly due to the fact that d*** legs nearly touching the floor and the donkey was buckling under his weight.
On arrival we managed to strike a bargain and get a lift down the mountain for 100000 rials albeit for 10 people to be squashed into an old landrover.
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