Stuck in a blockade

As we came out of the museum, surprisingly Ritchie was driving the truck up the road towards us!  He had played the tourist card and the protesters had let him through!

However, a few kilometres further on, just six and a half kilometres shy of our hotel for the night, we hit our second roadblock.  This time, we were at the back of a huge queue of lorries, and it looked like we were in for a long wait.  We were OK, though.  We had plenty of food and drink and were comfortable enough on the truck. 

After about half an hour, we struck lucky when a local car driver offered to lead us, and a Swiss family in an overlanding vehicle, on an off-road route which would allow us to bypass the blockade.  So that's what we did.  It took us almost two hours and the lack of road was a bit hairy in places, but we made it to our hotel before dark.  We probably wouldn't have had we stayed in the queue!  At one point during the detour, we drove past a huge line of stationary trucks on the wrong side of the road!  I don’t think the drivers were impressed!Read more