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After the National park you are back our in the semi desert with so many options!!! We stopped at this animal water station to clean up our pasta dishes from last night. There are a few Ger camp along the way.
Gobi Loop-64 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-65 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-60 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We stopped in Bulgan town for gas as it was easier than the jerry in the truck, diesel, cold ![beer](https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/images/smilies/beer.gif) , and a bit more water. It is 14 km more to Bayanzag or the Flaming Cliffs. There have been a huge number of dinosaur bones and eggs found here ( most are in the Museum of Natural History in NYC) . We had been told it was windy there and the driver had called someone who spoke English to see if we really wanted to go there or just back to DZ and shorten the tour to 2 days. We said we wanted to at least check it out. The guys are pretty tired and another 100 km off road at this point would be a challenge. We blasted across the very flat steppe and in the distance you could see these small red formations. We thought is this it. It is not until you arrive there that you can appreciate the beauty and geology.
Gobi Loop-66 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-67 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-69 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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9 Oct 2017
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The driver is a bit of a big man and when we saw him heading up the steep cliff for what we thought was to see the sun set we all B lined up there. The sun set and the light on the cliffs was amazing, but he had really gone up there for cell coverage!
Gobi Loop-71 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-72 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-75 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-78 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-79 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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9 Oct 2017
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As soon as the sun went down the wind died down. This was except for about 5 min of hard gusting wind and heavy rain just as we were getting ready for bed. This meant a hasty retreat to the tents, but it was literally over in minutes and there was no wind for the rest of the night. We had a calm nights rest in the silence and a beautiful sunny morning for a leisurely breakfast.
Gobi Loop-86 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We set off back around the cliffs and then up the less steep slope to get back up to the plain.
Gobi Loop-85 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-91 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Gobi Loop-92 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Today is a warm sunny day for making miles! We headed out just after 930, gassed up, and aired up the tires. Then it was 300 km north to Mandalgovi and with a very flat boring view.
FILE0635 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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FILE0662 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We saw a lot of camels along the way.
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Mongolia to border-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Speed control Mongolian style.
Mongolia to border-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia to border-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We stopped here to cook up some lunch and then rode another 230 km to Zuunmod, which is where the UB bypass road cuts over to the south bound road. It is then 25 km across. The only issue was the train crossing was blocked off just before the south road and there were dozens of trucks waiting. They had a detour on the dirt along the train tracks back 5 km to the next under pass and then another 2 across to the highway.
FILE0668 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We arrived back to the highway at 415 and we had 185 km south to the next town of Choir. Sunset was at 710 so we had to press.
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There are a few “hotels” here on the GPS, but several do not exist, one looks like a by the hour place, and one though 2.50$ a person is just too dirty. Riding around in circles in a shitty town after a very long day in failing light sucks!
FILE0677 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Finally we headed in the dusk to the other side of town and found an actual hotel. It is clean, but there is no hot water. There is however a very good restaurant about 5 min walk away just on the highway.
Mongolia to border-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We had not a bad night in the end despite the questionable comfort of the beds. It was cold and we snugged under 2 duvets. We had bought some fruit, yogurt, and muesli for breakfast and and ate in the room. We had only 227 km to go today to Sainshand, which is the capital of the region and a fairly large town.
Screen Shot 2017-09-14 at 17.28.28 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We knew there was at least one decent hotel with hot water. This puts us within striking distance of the Chinese border for day after with only 215 km. The road is straight and the scenery unchanging flat desert.
Mongolia to border-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Arriving to the town we can spot the hotel as it is on the hill above everything else. It is full of Taiwanese tourists. They do not serve food from 2-4 and so we walked into the town to the other hotel we considered and we had a very good meal there. There is quite a monument on the hill across from the hotel.
Mongolia to border-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia to border-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia to border-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia to border-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia to border-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We will stay here tonight and then be in Zamin-Uud tomorrow. The plan is to be at the Mongolian border post at 8 am. We hope this gets us to the Chinese side by 9. Here we will meet our guide Tony, driver Mr Tang, and “the fixer” they have hired thru the customs broker to smooth the process of getting the bikes into the country. We were told we may have a medical check up for our Chinese drivers licenses, and we are not sure how long all the other bureaucracy will take. We spoke on Skype to Jah from Ride China today and he personally dropped all our paper work off at the border last week. Tonight we have some cold ![beer](https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/images/smilies/beer.gif) s and a few episodes of Fargo session 3! Thanks to Trevor our media director.
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There was howling wind most of the night, but it was fairly calm in the Morning. Mongolian hotel breakfasts are always a challenge. Getting coffee can be impossible and today we had to bring our own Nescafe. The eggs if you are lucky are warm, but the weird hot dogs they serve never are. There is also often a side salad, which is not really a breakfast food. We are slow to get out today since we only had 215 km to go.
Screen Shot 2017-09-14 at 17.28.48 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0688 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
The wind is a bit gusty, but mostly behind us. The terrain is again desert, but with a few more low hills curves at the end of the day.
Mongolia to border-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We arrived to Zamiin-Uud and about 7 km before the town the road is diverted to a deepish sand road for about a km before it turns back into a 4 lane paved road. The hotel choices in this town are all pretty bad. The town itself is a dump. We finally decided on one “on” the train platform for price and a second floor room. Several placed were floor 5 & 6 and stairs only. Since the GPS did not show a road to the hotel we had a nontraditional access as Dan said…thru the parking lot, across the plaza, (Dan thought he could trick us into following him), down the train platform to the front of the hotel. We then rode down the side of the building to find a parking lot and a maze of sand back streets would lead us out to the main street.
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