Oh dear ... there is nothing much worse than gastro when you a riding across a wilderness....
Just before dinner last night I started to feel a bit unwell. Just as my very-nice-looking Aussie Burger was being served - it hit in full force. All I can say is thank God for Gastro-stop. While I was still vomiting a bit today and haven’t eaten anything - it didn’t stop another amazing day.
After about 20km down the road on bitumen we turned off again and headed out across the plains and valleys. It is sounding boring probably - but blasting along at 80+km/hr across the plains was a hoot. Today is our last day on dirt so we had to make the best of it.
I was on a BMW 800 (Bike #4) which is a big beast (I only dropped it once) but fantastic on tracks like these.
Then another amazing lunch spot: up on a knoll on the side of a hill looking out across the valley. There were storms brewing all afternoon and a rumble of thunder had us packing and on our way quickly - plus we still had a fair way to go. You guessed it: big flat plains, about 10 different tracks to choose from all heading the same way, a few small river crossings(ok... creeks), lots of photo ops ....
As we have been heading south and now east the landscape has been opening up, the hills are not as big and the valleys even wider. The smoke was not as bad today either.
And now, our final Ger camp tonight, and a very nice one at that. I wonder if I can eat any dinner?
Tomorrow we just have our final run back into Ulaanbaatar and the chaotic traffic. All bitumen but about 250km so a long. We are nearly there .....
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