2017/08/13

Day 15: Ulaangom - nearby Undurkhangai

In the evening: I am lying in the tent, my first night in tent during this journey. Sky full of stars. Had an eventful day with many impressions.

The breakfast was ok. Still only cold water in the bathroom - very hard to take a shower!

When we are ready to leave, it's raining. Not far from Ulaangom Trevor again hears some weird noise from his motorcycle and we realize that the ball bearing of the rear wheel is broken. Fortunately, Trevor has replacement ball bearings. First we want to go back, but notice quickly that the damage is too big. So he removes the rear wheel. Sara and Orvar stay on the spot, I take the rear wheel on my bike and Trevor rides with Dan as a pillion. At the entrance of the town there's a workshop for cars and the repair is done quite fast and Trevor only has to pay 3.50 euros. Of course the guys at the workshop work without any protection, even if the wielding. After two hours we are back on the road again.

Only asphalt today, so no further riding adventures. Always when we stop, we are in the middle of interest of the Mongolian people. And some of them want to sit on our bikes. Sometimes it is difficult to hinder them.

The first place for lunch doesn't not look so good and we decide to go on and get Booz (dumplings) 40 km ahead. Right next to the restaurant a sheep is slaughtered and the Mongols there laugh about my horrified face and are joking with me.

Mongols grow with motorcycles. So it's no wonder, that they are inspecting our bikes like experts. 

In spite of the workshop stay we're riding 350 km distance today, and since weather is ok and there's no accomodation aroud, we decide for camping. The area is also well suited and there are rocks around, so we are not easy to discover. We cook a stew from the supplies bought in Barnaul and are quite satisfied.

The sky with millions stars is awesome. We can see shooting stars. And in the distance you can see a huge cloud and weather lights. Nevertheless, I will sleep early, because I can have a longer night sleep very well.