Woke up this morning to
the sound of rain hitting the tent. Once again we were lucky since
the rain decided to have a short break just when we were packing our
tent away and having breakfast.
Then we walked 15 minutes to visit a
holy rock that was supposedly there because a giant used it to kill a
serpent – many years ago. Since then the
Taikhar rock had been used tocarve holy messages into it by almost all people who have set foot on
the Mongolian steppes. Mongol, Chinese etc. We spent some 20 minutes
walking around, somehow the story about the rock was more interesting than the rock itself.
Then we left for our 140 km drive today.
Through beautiful landscapes – as usual – but today covered in
grey clouds and rain. It was very quiet in the truck since most had
stayed up last night for drinks.
We arrived at Badmaarag
ger camp just before lunch and then the rain started again. Not much
to do when the weather decides to include rain, wind and 10 degrees.
So why not stay in bed in the ger or take a shower. Well easier said than done because it was only possible to shower when it wasn't raining. They turned of the water pump when it rained so nobody would get an electrical shock in the showers. It's still pretty basic places even though these ger camps are still muck more like real camp sites / hotels than in Kirgistan and China, Finally we both managed to get a shower - between the rain showers.
We were served really good
dinner and also had a chance to look at the wrestling competition on
TV. The national finals it seemed. The locals did a lot of cheering
when the final match was over and the new champion was announced. It
turns out that these guys gets price money in the millions of USD
together with cars and apartments. That's how much wrestling means in
a country with just over three million inhabitants.
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