Return to UB Again -- 8/2

Yak milking

We were up early this morning to get to the airport in time for our 11:50 am flight back to UB. We left the camp at 7am and found the yak herding family from the other day milking their yaks along our route, so we stopped for a bit and took pictures. Despite the horrible roads, we got to Moron ahead of schedule. Although the facilities at the last camp were great, the food was not a high point. Today, however, they got it right: a yummy egg for breakfast and interesting dumplings and rice in our box lunch.

Typical roads in this part of Mongolia

The plane was about an hour late, so we got to our UB hotel at 4. Billy had thought our flight to the Gobi camp tomorrow would be at 3 pm, so we were looking forward to the best breakfasts in Mongolia as well as a chance to sleep in after our early start today. Alas, it was not to be. We fly out tomorrow at 7am, meaning we have to leave the hotel by 5.... so no sleeping in or fresh omelets, just a very early wake up to a box breakfast (none of which I have found edible so far.)

We spent our time reshuffling our possessions. Due to weight limits on internal flights we leave as much behind at our hotel as possible. We walked to the little market for snacks, enjoyed a room service salad (except for carrots and potatoes, veggies are in short supply here) and sandwich, and caught up with email. I doubt that we will have wifi in our camp, but it is supposed to be the best of all, with private bath facilities. We will see...