26 July Omsk to Tyumen

600km today. We should be used to it but when we arrive at the hotel in Tyumen we are shattered. George and I order room service for dinner and chill for the night. Borsch, salad, cheese omelette, fries and pasta cabonara - what a feast. The boys hit the town but the power goes off and they end up having a romantic candlelit bbq dinner at a german restaurant.

For lunch we drove through a tiny lakeside village. We have noticed that when people take photos of each other here the women all pose like they are on porn shoots! Even nanas taking photos in fast food joints. When we left the tiny shop in the village there was another middle aged woman at it again – draping herself on the Landy – not cool. We turned around and waited for her departure. There was alsoa guy there who had a complete set of gold teeth - looked very shiny too! We then headed to the lakeside. As we were lunching a guy comes in on his blowup kayak with the days catch. About 6 fish in what looked like an eel net. He offered to share but we had eaten. We gave him a tea towel to give to his wife. He was very friendly and the boys chatted for a while.

In this village the water pipes are above ground – probably something to do with the freezing temps in winter – although they were not wrapped as we have seen in other villages.