Hustai National Park

It was a long trip back, we passed through a lot of terrain until things were suddenly much greener, greener that I had ever seen before. From there, it became the desert again, with sands much more red and bright. The camp we were staying in that day was a much more luxurious one, our ger itself had showers and toilets inside but unfortunately the showers weren't working yet. Still, it was as close as we got back to civilization even though we were only staying with the nomads for one day.

I wanted to catch the sunset and walked towards some mountains that I saw earlier, I realized the mountains were too far and it didn't seem like I would be getting closer anytime soon. I backtracked, seeing Emily talking with someone on the phone, and went to plead Gana to take me to the mountains in the back part of camp. He agreed with his usual "Let's go?" and even went to get Emily and drove us to the mountain at the back of our camp. From there, it was an easy hike with interesting craggy rock formations. It was cold but the desert surrounding was breathtaking. Emily and I sat in silence while watching the sun slowly make its way down the horizon, the sky turning into wonderful shades of orange. It was really great and profound moment. I remember flipping over a rock and finding a shell of a ladybug there, which was so odd.

After the sunset, we went back to Gana and we had dinner together back at camp. This time we had a full on hotpot, sadly it was all beef and some beef dumplings, I couldn't bring myself to eat it while Emily couldn't eat the dumplings so Gana was absolutely delighted to take it all from us. He was saying something about the horse baby so I guess this is his luck turning into his favor. I did get to eat my fill through the noodles, mushrooms and veggies. I sneaked in a shower with the faucets of the bathroom and went back to our tent where Emily was laying down on the bed. We traded a lot of music that night in the dark and one of the songs that stuck with me was Spiritbird.Read more