Rained on us for the better part of the day, which was actually a blessing in disguise as for the first time cycling in Mongolia I didn't feel like I was in the process of getting heat stroke at some crazy 38C temp! Met up with a big, vicious dog mid morning that Ali stirred first and put him into a crazy attack mode for when I cycled past. Ended up having to go side saddle so that it couldn't bit my leg off - and it was a successful tactic I will have to remember. We decided it was time for lunch after this incident and just as we sat down in this empty restaurant in an unknown town a bus load of people showed up. We ended up dining with 20 or so Mongolian Border Protection Service workers and the boss man of the group even ended up serenading us on his Mongolian style guitar. After our obligatory group pic we were off on the road again toward the most populous city of Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar. Upon entering the city we encountered the worst roads yet and there was even a free for all dirt hwy that was wild! It took us 25 long kms to actually reach the center of town and by that stage we were over it as we were at 72kms for the day - exacerbated when we found hotels with no space for us. In the end we checked into a suite at the "Elegance Hotel" mostly because I was about to pass out and the hotel had rooms available. For $50 a night I think we can handle a bit of luxury for a bit and we are also celebrating the fact that we made it 350km on our bicycles through Northern Mongolia!!!!
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