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

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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
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When we got to the fork in the road by Tudevtei we met Wolfgang, but we had no sign of Trevor and Orvar who had been ahead. The routing for Wolle’s GPS is the same as the other guys and not ours and so we think they may have gone left at the fork into Tudevtei instead of right on the main track.

Screen Shot 2017-08-17 at 21.35.20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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We confirmed this theory with a group in a car stopped there changing their tire as they had seen them. This means they went into the town, but will they realize the mistake and come out the same way or take the other road out the back side that eventually meets the correct track. HMMM. Wolle decided to wait 30 min there and we went ahead to see if they were at the next intersection. It is also getting very late and there is much more sand. We had 34 km to go to the next village of Numrug (for a total 0f 188 km) and it is already almost 4. This took almost 2 hours and we 3 all arrived a bit shattered.

Screen Shot 2017-08-17 at 21.35.02 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Numrug-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Wild Camp to Numrug-22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Sara was into the village first and stopped at the first “hotel” on Maps.me..…NOPE. At the other end of town there was a cleaner place and the manager spoke some English. We managed to get on line there with the SIMs and saw Orvar's SPOT was just 20 km away. They had come out of the village and gone back 50 km to get cell reception at the lunch place and to check our SPOT. They were not thinking clearly, but were worried we were in trouble. They arrived to town and like Wolle and Sara; Orvar had had a crash in the deep sand. Both Sara and Orvar were a bit battered and sore but with no permanent damage.

IMG_9408 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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

Wild Camp to Numrug-26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The rooms are simple with wood beds and we slept in our sleeping bags. There is no running water (no shower & squat outhouse). The owner did boil us up some water to clean up a bit. They had cold s and also let us use their kitchen to cook a pasta dinner. There was a lot of noise in the town with dogs barking, motorbikes cruising up and down, People checking in late and then knocking at the front door to check for rooms at all hours.

20799991_10203802209812615_5533751767420413886_n by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

20770344_10203802208172574_665569626436886670_n by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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

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

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

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

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

Wild Camp to Numrug-32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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None of us got much sleep. We took over the kitchen again to make coffee and oatmeal and then set out for our destination of yesterday in 107 km. We did not know how much farther than that we would get, but we had been told the road was “paved after Tosontsengel”. Its 107 km how long could that possibly take???…… Well the sky looks ominous for sure.

Screen Shot 2017-08-17 at 21.36.15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

20799434_10203806830008117_3198838007379367699_n by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We headed out of town and initially the road was quite firm with a skiff of sand…..until it was deep!

Tosontsengel by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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

Tosontsengel-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug to Tosontsengel by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Then of course it started raining and then pouring. The track was wet washboard at times, there were patches of deep sand and we spent some time going cross country on the grass (which was not slippery at all), thru the bushes and up some steep hill climbs.

Tosontsengel-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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There was some muddy sections to deal with after the first 3 hours of rain and it was back to the left and on the grass for us.

Tosontsengel-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-28 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Unfortunately the other guys were in the far right and very muddy track and both Orvar and Wolle had their bikes down. Orvar hit his head hard enough to scar the helmet, bend the handle bars, and the brake lever and Wolle to break the left crash bar.

Tosontsengel-29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-30 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel-31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We are now only 8 km for the town and there is one more steep muddy hill to climb. I was never so happy to see a constructed road bed when we reached the summit. It was then an easy 5 km down to the town.

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


Numrug to Tosontsengel-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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

Numrug to Tosontsengel-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug to Tosontsengel-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We gassed up and asked for a place to eat near by while we waited for the other 3. Well now we know it takes 4 hours to go 107 km off road in Mongolia when its raining. We used our handy Point it book to get exactly what we wanted and the owner was so pleased. Baaah soup, rice and coffee.

Numrug to Tosontsengel-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_9437 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Numrug to Tosontsengel-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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

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We are all a bit wrecked and at lunch decide to see what the “best hotel” in town has to offer.

Numrug to Tosontsengel-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

It is 3 pm and 354 km to the next real town Tsetserleg with services (like a shower). The internet says this takes 6 hours. The hotel is not too bad ( our standards have slipped). They actually have a shared bathroom with a flush toilet and a separate room with a hot shower! We are happy after no shower for 3 days. The rooms are clean and comfortable.

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

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

Numrug to Tosontsengel-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The town is not much to speak of, but we did the rounds. They had a big screen and so we re-watched the last Game of Thrones. What ever Sara ate at dinner did not agree about an hour later and she had a very long uncomfortable night.

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

Numrug to Tosontsengel-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug to Tosontsengel-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug to Tosontsengel-20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug to Tosontsengel-19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Numrug to Tosontsengel-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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The night was again noisy with some domestic issues of the hotel staff and an actual cat fight at 1 am. Because of the “the staff was not in “ for breakfast and we went back to the lunch spot from yesterday. Back to the point it again! (Fried eggs, toast, fake nutella, and coffee).

20882018_10203805751341151_2457812681702382160_n by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

The day is better and the forecast is for sun. We had dried out all our gear and set out about 1030 for Tsetserleg in 354 km. We had been told the “road is paved all the way to UB in 835 Km. This is true except a few stretches in total less than 30 km today.

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Tetserleg by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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It was a straight road for the most part thru vast valleys and sweeping scenery.

Tetserleg-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel to Tsetserleg-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Tosontsengel to Tsetserleg-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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