This takes some time.  By evening, there's a city growing up the side of the mountain that look smostly right...but now the road is crowded with traffic, and he has to spend more time dealing with the various peoples who live here: dark skinned, dark haired, plain and simple in dress and ornamentation.  His dress and appearance draw a lot of attention.  Once or twice he is briefly halted by patrols who release him again after only a few moments.<br/><br/>And then the weather turns, very briefly, bad--a sudden, brief shower that cleans the air and dampens the dust without soaking him to the bone.  Were the sun still high enough to allow him to dry out, it would have been pleasant.  As it is, evening brings lower temperatures and the sudden humidity leaves him clammy.<br/><br/>Perhaps an inn or the like is in order?