one more time in the sand dunes.

We are off to another small sand dune. This one is suppose to be cool because there is an oasis there. So we pull up to our next ger camp. The usuall. It is a small family run operation. Which is more to my liking. They have to light a fire under the hot water tank to heat the water for showers. There is a beautiful lake here. Lots of animals and right next to the water is the sand dunes. Kinda like beach front property in the middle of desert. There are also some huge mountains close by. This area is very diverse and beautiful. WE have a small simple lunch and a warm beer. then go for a walk to the lake. WE have to take off our shoes and walk through the muck to get to the other side. I tried not to think about what \i was walking in. In the warm water was a huge amount of tadpoles. Our guide Bobo said look at the fish. I said these are baby frogs. Then went on to explain how it all works. There were also some fresh water snails. She was laughing because i was teaching her about local animals. I guess they don't have frogs in Ulaan Bataar.

Before supper we got a local guy to take us camel riding. Blake got on this huge camel. And Ann and I rode our nice small ones. We got to control our own camels which made it a interesting ride. We wanted to ride in the dunes and they wanted to eat and drink. Guess who won... Not us. It was funny. We paid for Bobo to ride with us. She has never been able to afford to go camel riding. It cost us an extra $5. Her smile was worth every penny. The camel owner was telling us that he lost all his camels after last winter. He had been doing camel riding for the tourists for 7 years and had his camels nice and trained . They didn't survive the harse winter of 09. So he had to buy all new camels this spring and start over. So many sad stories all over mongolia.

We had dinner and another warm beer. Then of course it rained with thunder and lightening. We turned it for the night.