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Left alone, hoping to get some food

Johan Kruseman
Updated on 1 September 2024

And then we were in front of our ger. The guide was nowhere to be found. We were starving because we hadn’t had lunch yet, and it was already 7:00 pm, watching another family emptying a sheep’s skull (oops, why are my cliffhangers still open?). “Where are we?” our eyes spoke to each other. After a few aimless rounds of card games, we decided to approach a woman who had been milking a yak for half an hour. And it paid off. She was the one who would provide us with noodle soup. In two hours. To pass the time, we walked to the lake to skip stones on the water.

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Traveled route: Ulaanbaatar, Kharkhorin, Hatgal, Khorgo, Tstetserleg, Red Waterfall, Zamiin-Uud

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Meeting the village’s wrestling champion

After drinking the noodle soup in the grass in front of our ger and as it started to rain lightly, another family felt sorry for us and invited us into their ger. And that completely changed the evening. We talked a lot with hand gestures, both sides

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Meeting the village’s wrestling champion

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Left alone, hoping to get some food

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Did this story inspire you to go to Mongolia? Read more on what Mongolia has to offer, what the best months are for visiting and check the handy links for backpacking there.