…continued from great Times In The Gobi Desert, part #1
Day 4:
The day started with some rock-hard, stale bread that really had mould on it. Which wasn’t precisely the method all of us wished to begin our 7.5 hour driving day! when again, we hopped in the van as well as continued on from the rolling hills back to the flat, dirty desert landscape. Out of nowhere there appeared a sum which had a supermarket stocked with chilly beer! This was the coldest beer we’d seen in ages as well as guy was it best timing. We downed our beer in the desert as well as continued on.
We shown up at the ger camp as well as made a decision that all of us stunk after 4 days of not showering, so we did the next finest thing – laundry. Our socks as well as tee shirts soaked in a container of soapy water while all of us sat around chatting, playing cards as well as enjoying some coffee as well as the views of the desert. We ate a couple of bowls of homemade laksa soup (noodles with beef as well as vegetables in a great broth) before going to bed.
Noodle soup for dinner with beef as well as veggies
Day 5:
This was most likely our much-loved day of the trip. It was only a 6 hour drive as well as we saw so lots of things along the way. We saw a regional household of about 10 people pulling something behind their jeep. It turned out they were rolling sheep wool to make it stiff, like felt, for the lining of their ger. Nick as well as I jumped at the possibility to hop out of the van as well as discover about what they were doing, in addition to to play with the inquisitive children.
Rolling sheep fur to make felt for insulation on the ger
Me with 4 charming women out in the countryside
After that, we went to a rock temple with caves which is where the monks hid back in the 1930’s when the Mongolian Soviet government was killing off all of them. It was a extremely relaxed area. As we were coming down from the mountain, we ran into a regional man. all of us sat in a circle as well as he pulled out his “snuff” bottle. This is a bottle full of tobacco, which is normally scented. everybody from women to Buddhist Monks snort this tobacco as well as it’s indicated to be used as a greeting. So, we joined in with the traditions of Mongolia as well as snorted some tobacco from a random guy in the middle of the desert! It was honestly one of the worst things ever. My nose smelled like old woman perfume as well as my throat burned for about an hour afterwards.
Sitting around with guy in the Gobi Desert getting prepared to sniff some snuff!
From there we brought on as well as saw one more household really putting together a ger! We shown up just in time as well as were even able to assist them out. It was such an fascinating process as well as we’re so glad we were able to see the house being developed from the ground up.
Building a ger
We shown up at our ger camp as well as were greeted by the granny as well as grandpa of the family. This was the most standard of households that we had stayed with as well as they are genuinely nomadic. We were invited into the household house for goat milk as well as bread before inspecting out our ger.
Inside the household ger
For dinner, all 6 of us as well as our guide as well as motorist got together in the kitchen area ger as well as made a standard meal called khuushuur, a flat fried pancake stuffed with meat. all of us assisted out as well as took pleasure in a bottle of vodka before playing cards as well as going to bed. It was an remarkable day in the Gobi.
Day 6:
Our last day out in this huge area was likewise great. all of us wished to try equine arak, the a lot more typical of the fermented milks. So, we stopped at a regional household that had horses outside as well as our guide went in to ask if they had some. thankfully they did…in fact, they had 2 full barrels of it. The mom poured out 2 large bowls for us to drink however all of us might only manage a small, pathetic amount. The taste was truly salty as well as sour so we passed our bowl over to our guide who polished them off for us, as well as ended up stumbling out of the ger! Not only were the adults drinking the arak, however the 2-year-old kid as well as the 6-year-old woman were likewise slamming back the boozy milk, we couldn’t believe it!
Fenékig! obviously it’s okay for 2-year-olds to drink booze in Mongolia!
The regional household was likewise in the middle of skinning a sheep they had killed, as well as gutting a goat as well. It was Naadam celebration time so the household was getting gotten ready for visitors as well as celebrations. It was such a excellent regionA tapasztalat, valamint annyira örülünk, hogy abbahagytuk, hogy ott álljunk, hé a családhoz.
A mongol emberek egy állat minden részét használják
Folytattuk a meghajtónkat, és kora este felfedeztük magunkat Ulan Bator -ban. Köszönetet mondtunk autósunknak, valamint útmutatóinknak, valamint a 6 embernek a poros, piszkos, izzadt testünket a lépcsők repülésén a hostelünkbe.
A Mongóliába utazó utazás nem lenne teljes, ha a Gobi -sivatagba kerülne. A táj annyira változatos, és a látnivalók kiemelkedőek. Nagyon örülünk, hogy 6 nap volt a sivatagban, valamint az összes irreális tapasztalatunk, amit tettünk. Különösen hálásak vagyunk, hogy időt néhány igazán figyelemre méltó emberrel töltöttünk, akiket most a barátainknak gondolunk.
Ugrás a boldogságért a gobi sivatagban. Remek idők kiváló barátokkal
Nézze meg a gobi sivatagi kirándulásunkat Pt.2 videó!
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Gobi sivatag, ellenőrizze! Következő… Naadam ünnepség a Tsetserleg -ben, valamint a Trekking -ben, valamint a Chuluut folyó mentén kemping.
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