Snip bit

1) and 2) The bus ride to Arvaikheer from UB, right after leaving the bus station where I was pick pocketed. John is sleeping and the Mongolians are laughing at my pineapple hair and taking photos of us weirdos. 

3) Our janky ass Bob the Builder hammer used for pounding stakes in the ground to tether our horses to ropes during the night, amidst hail balls right after a gnarly hail storm. 

4) Sera, Mandalin, Saya, Ishtar and Alan making hoshoor (empanadas) with freshly picked garlicky stinging nettle, onions and fresh cream.

5) Nom Nom stewed stinging nettles that Mandalin and I wildharvested!

6) Soaking wet clothes drying on our tent in the first bit of sun after days of hard rains. 

7) Mandalin and I rejoicing in delicious grilled nettle hoshoor. 

8) River and I chilling after a long ride in the nearby valley, where he was incredibly naughty. Deciding to drop down and roll over all saddled up and with me on his back four times. Once, in the middle of a river we were crossing. Another time, while we were in a puddled flood plain, ejecting me and my saddlebags. But he’s so prettttyyyy though. 

9) River in the foreground, Sera and Polvo in the background. This is the river valley we rode together in during the aforementioned photo. 

10) Sera drinking some water from the stream as we took a break from our valley adventuring.

11) A delightful rest during a mild part of the afternoon in the tent. So far I’ve read a National Geographic, The Red Tent and now working on a short story compilation called The Gift of The Magi. We’re all reading and sharing books, it’s very fun. ^-^ Yay, books in readable languages! 

12) Taken earlier this morning on the way to town, after Sera and I got off of the motorcycle we hitch hiked here on, we found some yaks friends, just chillin, doin their thang.