Upon leaving Lake Khuvsgul we made the trip to the city of Muran. Here, Tasha left us so she could make her flight back home to Canada early the next day. The rest of us were to camp in a tent somewhere along the way back to UB.
We stopped off to see Uran crater and did a loop around the top of it. It was a nice view of the landscape below. Bimba showed us some different plants, Baatar cleaned the van and before long we were back on the road.
Eventually we found a place to spend the night. It was a bit odd not sleeping in a ger but it was nice to be able to stop the van and camp anywhere. (Even if we had to put in some extra effort to shoo the cow's away.)
During our Mongolia trip it was my fourth year of New June (I do something new every day of June). My New June for the day was to draw a yak! I found it pretty challenging but enjoyable.
On our final day we stopped off to watch some archery. Because of Tim's challenge to fire an arrow from horseback, Bimba developed the unhealthy fixation that we wanted to see archery. We went well out of our way to find an archery meetup (OUTSIDE the local sports stadium).
It was the lead up to Nadam, Mongolia's big wrestling, horse racing and archery festival. The festival has run for centuries and is one of the biggest events in the Mongolian's calendar. TV's were full of back to back Mongolian wrestling matches between 10 year olds and we saw in person, men and women competing at archery to get a place in the festival. Some comfortable in traditional dress others sporting branded tracksuits and sneakers.
We stopped off to see Uran crater and did a loop around the top of it. It was a nice view of the landscape below. Bimba showed us some different plants, Baatar cleaned the van and before long we were back on the road.
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| View from Uran crater |
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| We tried to capture the vast land surrounding our campsite but the tent looked like a tuft of grass on a hill so we had to zoom in! |
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| Yakkity-yak! |
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| Our last dinner in the Mongolian outback! |
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| Last sunrise of the tour |
It was the lead up to Nadam, Mongolia's big wrestling, horse racing and archery festival. The festival has run for centuries and is one of the biggest events in the Mongolian's calendar. TV's were full of back to back Mongolian wrestling matches between 10 year olds and we saw in person, men and women competing at archery to get a place in the festival. Some comfortable in traditional dress others sporting branded tracksuits and sneakers.
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| Concentration |
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| Checking out how she fared |
Bimba introduced Rob to one elderly lady who wasn't strong enough for her bow anymore. She proudly showed him her "kid's size" bow and let him feel how heavy it was. He could barely pull back on the string!
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| Serious business |
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| Arrow in flight |
Yes ARCHERY!!!!
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