Easy morning. Made us a fantastic super egg sandwich for breakfast with five eggs each. Yum!
Then spent some time on refitting my handlebars in preparation for the desert road from Aktau to Beyneu in Kazakhstan. About 200 km of that particular stretch of road is no more than a terribly bumpy, dusty dirt track which would be difficult to navigate with my narrow drop handlebars. I will do a separate post on Bicyclette's off-road makeover later on.
In the evening, went for a walk through the old town and then along the waterfront which offers great views of the Flame Towers. We got really thirsty after a while so we went into the Hilton Hotel across the road in the hope of finding some drinking water fountains in the lobby. We did not see any so we asked at the reception. The man told us that there were no fountains here but he asked us to have a seat and wait for him to get us some water. A few moments later a waiter showed up with two waterbottles on a tray. Complimentary treat from Hilton Hotels! And we were obviously not guests there. Wow that's generous. The receptionist saw us empty those bottles in no time and immediately got us two more. When we were about to leave he said that he was about to ask us if we wanted some coffee. Complimentary of course. This offer was too kind to turn down and we felt like some coffee anyways. It was so great to sit in this nice lobby for half hour and get treated like royalty.
THANK YOU RAMIL FOR THIS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR NON-GUESTS. IT WAS A REAL TREAT!
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