After our first day riding in Mongolia I must say it is a world apart from Russia. The people have been extremely friendly to us on the road and no dog attacks! There are gers off in the distance everywhere, men riding by on horseback and lots of livestock. The landscape is definitely more arid and mountainous and as was expected the bugs are gigantic in size and relentless. After about 45kms of cycling we came across the first sign of commerce in the form of a tea house style truck stop. We were able to grab a very basic room upstairs from the restaurant with two single beds in it and no toilet or running water - this is just fine by me though to be away from the bugs for the night! The owner served up a nice meal of rice and meat - just wishing I knew four words in Mongolian: No Meat, More Rice (but I don't). Two dudes rocked up on horseback and sat down to eat with us. They made fun of us most of dinner and pounded back the beers.
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