Position : Sleep?
We are officially on the road. Actually we have spent more time off the road than on it since leaving UB..
Pavement becomes gravel, gravel becomes a worn 4 wheeler path, and the path eventually becomes a river crossing.. But not to worry a short five hours later and we have found the pavement again…no wait , more gravel .
Outside the city the landscape slips back from the roadways a 100 km in every direction, flat , directionless, and walled on the extreme end of the horizon by mountains. Gers the (Mongolian yurt) dot the Steppes and horseman drive their herds up and over the hills to graze in fresh pastures. Two days into the three day road trip west and we have encountered nomads , birds of prey, an ancient city and health restoring hot springs.
It appears we have one final day of travel before saying good-bye to our driver and filling our water stores. We arrive in Atali tomorrow and so begins the Gobi crossing, but that's tomorrow. Tonight we will try to sleep peacefully as the howling dogs of a nearby town try harder to keep us awake.
Curtis
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