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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

I haven't been everywhere...
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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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  #2551  
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I was going to ask how the Honda was holding up!!

Excellent pics and story as always

Rock on

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I was going to ask how the Honda was holding up!!

Excellent pics and story as always

Rock on

Gino & Fiona

Other than this minor problem it has been stellar!!

Cheers Sitting here with a guy from Aberdeen in UB!!
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This small break down will change our planned destination for sure and we will just have to see how it goes. We headed out again at 3 and in the end found there was 250 km of paved road in total.

Camp at rocks-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We made a stop at one local place, but it did not look very clean. We met a few local here including this nice couple on a bike who we saw several other times today along the road. They had to drive a very long way to buy what ever they needed. We had to settle for Choco pies (not good).

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-30 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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More Camels!!

IMG_9414 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Ulaangom to Wild Camp-33 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Camp at rocks-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Camp at rocks-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Camp at rocks-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-36 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Today our lunch stop was finally in Naranbulag and it was a busy place and we had goat and rice and some goat dumplings (buzz). Several of the local were keen to get to try out the big bikes, but none of us took them upon it. One particular guy in a pink long coat and “cowboy” hat was vey insistent and perhaps a bit drunk. They were also butchering a goat out back of the shop. Along the road we saw a few camels and the vast landscapes.


Ulaangom to Wild Camp-26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-27 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-28 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



Ulaangom to Wild Camp-34 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-35 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-37 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-39 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-40 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-41 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-42 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-44 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-45 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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When we got to the end of the paved road we had to decide on a camp spot. There is a lake about 10 km from the road, but these are small standing water holes with livestock and not too appealing.

Camp at rocks-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Camp at rocks-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Camp at rocks-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-48 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-49 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Other than this minor problem it has been stellar!!

Cheers Sitting here with a guy from Aberdeen in UB!!
That means you guys will be buying the !!
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We had passed some interesting rock formations about 5 km back and though that would be cool and would offer some shelter from the wind and we could be away from the road.

Camp at rocks-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Camp at rocks-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Camp at rocks-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Ulaangom to Wild Camp-50 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-51 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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The sky tonight is looking better for some Astral photography and we are keen to see the Persieds meteors too. We set up camp and cooked up a nice Russian beef in a can dinner. We had an incredible lightning show from a massive cloud in the distance that was luckily moving away from us.

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-54 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-55 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

The stars tonight were amazing. We saw a lot of fast moving satellites and tons of meteors. They were as bright a emergency flares and with long red tails. We are only at 1200 m and so it was cool after sunset, but not freezing.

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-56 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-57 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-58 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-62 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Ulaangom to Wild Camp-64 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ulaangom to Wild Camp-65 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Todays (in hindsight) optimistic plan is to get 97 km to Songrino and then try to get to Tosontsengel village in another 87 km.

Screen Shot 2017-08-17 at 21.34.38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We cooked up some instant oatmeal and coffee and hit the road at 9. It was 5 km back to the end of the paved road where we aired down the tires.

Wild Camp to Numrug by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The road is WASHBOARD to start and one main track before it branches out. It goes from a skiff of sand to several inches.

Numrug-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We had some fun chasing these camels around.

Wild Camp to Numrug-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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When the sand got deep we again resorted to the grass. This means we all got a bit spread out even though we are all going in the same general direction by the GPS.

Wild Camp to Numrug-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Wild Camp to Numrug-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The car and truck drivers here all wave and smile! Mongolians are super friendly smiling people, We managed to get to Songrino by 1 pm and found a cafe for some lunch. There is no running water anywhere out here, but you can for sure get gas everywhere!


Wild Camp to Numrug-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_9420 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Hmmmmm GOAT. Definitely requires a breath mint afterwards!


IMG_9426 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Goat Buzz!

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The road after lunch was more of the same with sections of deep sand and several bikes had dirt naps. (Never Dan’s of course!). We came across a few herds of Yaks.

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Numrug-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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