2017/08/17

Day 19: Tsetserleg - Charchorin
 

We are glad about a quite good breakfast at the Australian-run Guesthouse Fairfield. I get a really good cappuccino. Simple things can really make you happy!

Sara had a really bad night. Worser than anytime before on their journeys. So Orvar, Trevor and me already ride to Charchorin, in order to search for a Ger camp for the next night(s). We ride without stops (about 100 km) and arrive at about noon. The camp recommended by Lonely Planet is far too expensive for us (65 US$ each person) and so we are looking for another camp. Here we pay 20 Euros per person for the night with dinner included. It's nice here, not busy.

Insertion: We meet several tourists here, who are on a round trip, all with drivers. I never heard of renting a car as a self-driver.

We take off our panniers and are going for a small tour into a valley (about 40 km). The tracks lead through a river into a nature reserve - an incredibly landscape. Gentle hills, rocks, views all around - incredibly beautiful! Wonderful, when a herd of horses galloped crossing our ride. Somehow the stereotype of Mongolia, horses, vastness ...

Sara and Dan already arrived when we return to the Ger camp. We decide to stay another day so Sara can relax and we have the chance to visit the monastery.

Now I will have to care about my itinary soon. However, the weather does not look so good. Let's see.

In our camp there are two/three tents connected together as a restaurant and we have Huschur (dumplings) and goulash - delicious. The facilities are not very clean and the shower only dribbles - but the camp is quite ok.