The plan today was to ride out further east on an out-and-return ride going up into some serious off-road. Unfortunately we had a few bike issues this morning and lost over an hour. By the time we got to lunch time it was raining so we went to a restaurant for lunch.
While the weather was improving, we were out of time to go into the park, so we just headed back the way we came.
The ride, however, was still great through some really wide open plains. We had a morning rest stop in one of the passes.
There are still lots of nomadic Mongolians so rubbish collection must be a bit of a problem. It is a shame their national monument looks out onto this.
About 60% of Mongolias GDP comes from mining so it was inevitable we would see some impact from that. These impressive flat top ‘mountains’ turned out to be man made.
I sent the drone up to try and see what was happening.
When we got back to ‘our’ valley the sun was coming out for the first time and the valley looked magnificent, so I sent the drone up again.
So while we didn’t get any dirt today, it was still a great and varied day.
Tomorrow is a long and I think not-very-interesting day back through Ulanbaatar and then north. Both accomodation and internet access go downhill from here, so I hope I can get some uploads happening again soon.
Some nice looking rock there!!
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