Since we didn't make it to the Gobi, we decided to stop for a night at the sand dunes of Mongol Els (sometimes known as "Little Gobi") en route to UB. Munkhsuuri's son-in-law gave us a lift to the market to catch the bus. It was full and spillover passengers had to sit on little stools along the aisle which was fine as we were going to alight in an hour's time.

When we got down the bus, this man turned up to fetch us. We didn't know him but he seemed to know us. We believed our hosts at Munkhsuuri must have called him to keep an eye out for us T_T He didn't look like a bad guy so we followed him to his ger and arranged for two camels and one meal for dinner.


The sand dunes pop out of nowhere in the steppes


Mongol Altai Tour Camp operates a restaurant and accommodation at the foot of the dunes


Let's go for a walk in the sand


步步进沙


没有沙漠沙丘也不错呀


Cancelled the second camel to save some money lol and took turns to go for a ride


Trying to get camel to kneel down but I ended up on my knees instead lol

Checking out camel's hump (*pat#poke)



After a painful horse ride at Tuvhun Monastery, riding a camel felt surprisingly good on my sore groin man...