After Monogl Els, we had no other place we had planned to go. He wanted to head back to UB but I thought we should make use of our time here and not slip back to comfort zone. Since Hustai National Park was on the way to UB, we agreed to try our luck to hitch a ride there.

Packed up and found two toads underneath our tent (?!)


This man was on his way to UB and he gave us a ride to Hustai National Park. The park was another 7km from the highway and we thought he would drop us off the highway. But he went out of his way and dropped us at the park entrance. Not only that, he did not ask for any money! It was too good to be true. We felt so grateful and at the same time obliged to return this huge favour. Thank you sooo much!


The only accommodation in the park was Hustai Resort. It was fully booked and the pregnant park manager allowed us to camp beside the basketball court for US$6 per night.


Don't smash our tent pls


Hustai National Park is home to the last species of wild horses - Przewalski's horse or Takhi. This useless map in the park office roughly shows where are the endangered horses. In summary, they can be anywhere in the national park.


We started walking at 2.30pm. We walked...and walked...and walked...for as long as we could. There were lots of crazy grasshoppers but no sight of any horses. The walk was not physically demanding but he grew really fed up walking aimlessly so we aborted our search and returned to park HQ.


We only had pringles and coke for the whole day so we were really hungry. Devoured this plate of grilled chicken goulash (US$7), washed up and went back to our tent, disappointed we had made a wasted trip here...