Strange Springs

After the day we visited Kharakorum, we spent the late afternoon and evening at Tsenher Hot Springs. The approach to the springs and the countryside behind it is the 1st time we experience GREEN rolling hills covered in 🌳. Stunning landscapes and views.

The springs themselves are rather underwhelming. It's a gentle stream that emerges from the ground that is collected in a small and ugly concrete reservoir. From there it's transported to hot baths in 2 or 3 hotels. Iceland, this is not. We were tempted by the hotels, but in the end, we chose to stay again in a yurt at 1/3 of the price.

The hotels have fancy yurts, showers, and hot baths of some sort, but they destroy the innocent character of the area. The charm of a yurt is more than anything, meeting the local people. 28 high-end yurts in neat rows lack that entirely. It's the first time we encounter that tourism is having a bad effect. It's probably a sign of more of the same to come.Read more