Day Seventeen 14.08.2012 Selenge Gol

We leave the beautiful Lake Khovsgol for the drive back to Muron – there’s only one way in, so we have to take the same way out.  For some mysterious reason, parts of the new road that were open are now closed, so the same trip takes much longer.

We have a quick stop in Muron for Jess to stock her larder, Turuu needs to change a car part (he used the angle iron to fashion a new step for the passenger entry to his machine!) and then it’s across the steppe to the Selenge River, Mongolia’s largest.  During today’s travel, everywhere we look we are surrounded by high hills, but we don’t seem to go across any particularly high passes.  The wind is warm and it is mostly sunny.  The views into the river valley are as beautiful as ever, and in no time at all we are pitching our tents and “D(o)ug” is at it again!  Julie has the tummy wobbles today.

Mozzies are an issue at this campsite, but some take the opportunity to have a nice wash in the river, and we have dinner while John’s small fire makes some impact on the relocation of the mozzie brigade.

Jess kindly does the dishes tonight and boils the water for tea while we climb the nearby hill to view the sunset…well worthwhile as the suns sinks slowly in the west and we say goodbye to yet another beautiful day under the eternal blue sky.  The fire is crackling and we enjoy our cuppa before a warm night in the tent…we didn’t bother zipping our sleeping bags tonight – silk liners were more than adequate until the early morning when the sky cleared and ‘zzippp’ went the bags!

Local store along the way

Watching the sunset



Campsite visitor

 

Sunset over the Selengi