Today was supposed to be a rest day to explore the massive Khovsgol Lake. It is a rift lake so very deep - and it is supposed to be very blue but unfortunately it has been grey and rainy all day so it is just grey for us.
There was a little too much vodka consumed by some last night (I only had a few) so they have been very quiet today.
The Ger we are staying in have a pot fire-place in the middle so get really hot when the fire roars, but the wood is very poor quality and wet, so the fire goes from roaring to out very quickly. There is a fire-lady who runs around the Ger tending the fires. I think she is quite discussed by our fire-tendering skills - she has had a busy day. She started at 6am sneaking in to our Ger to light the fires for us.
I managed to make the best of a brief break in the rain this morning and had a nice walk out to a peninsula in the lake. It could be very pretty - if it wasn’t so wet.
One of the group, John, put on a Yoga class and after they went for a swim. Yes - a swim. I think the water is 4 degrees.
I think everyone is over the rain so a rest day has been good. The weather forecast is for much better conditions tomorrow, but we do have to get out of here and apparently there is water across the road and 2 river crossings that were easy yesterday but are running much higher today. I don’t want to start the day with boots full of water!
I think from here we go even further off grid - out to White Lake - so I suspect we will go quiet for a few days.
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