16 July 2008, Ulaan Bator
UB-TSES
We have a 21 year old guide called Inga, this is her first trip ever with tourist. She has just finished Uni and she started of saying in the jeep as we drove off "from now on we are all family". that was lovely of her and we thought "how nice". But those were only words. Her immaturity and fakeness soon became evident - it bugged us but we decided to ignore ignore and just enjoy the nature and it turned out to be a super countryside journey. Our driver is Bator, speaks very little English, has loads of experience and is cool. We often play cards with him and we listen to his Mongolian Jakhlan songs - I must buy that CD!
we are out in nowhere and just stopped by a big town called Moron on the way to Khovsgol Lake (North Mongolia near the Russian border - and this is the only place we will find internet. We have been touring since 5th July in a Russian Jeep with a crazy driver called Bator. The roads are very rough and bumpy and my back is aching. Amit's shoulder is feeling funny but he is looking after it. Our mobiles are not working here and there is litereally nothing out here - just nature.We are touring 12 days, and we have been gone now 6 days and have 7 nights left and 8 days before we are back in Ulaanbator. We are staying in tents and gers/yurt (Mongolian white tent) and have no toilets/showers! We just have to pick a spot in the nature - for both No.1 and No.2! We had a wash in a very cold lake - but you cannot use shampoo or shower gel in the water as it gets contaminated. So you can imagine that we are quite dirty and smelly now! (We are going to have a wash in a public bat house here in Moron). We are really living a basic primitive life and you can get used to it, though it is not comfortable, but it makes us really appreciate our life in DK/UK. We are absolutely loving it here. It is really the most beautiful country I have been to. It really is. It is so spacious, remote, clean and massive. So many green mountains for miles and miles and just yaks/cows/horses/rabbits/rodents/cranes/other birds and hardly any people.
Leaking tent, hot spring
Great White Lake
Horse riding in Khovsgol
Nadaam Festival in Khovsgol
To be completed
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We have had 15 amazing days in Mongolia. I would love to come back to see West Mongolia and the Gobi. A lot of adventure can be had in the spacious, massive and wonderful country-side. Definitely the most interesting country I have visited on this world trip.
China - here we come.....
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