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| Always a proud moment when you reach the top. |
The road from ULG to Olgii was described by a certain travel book as "pleasant." Pleasant sounds like something my mother would enjoy (no offense mom), however I do not think she would define climbing ridiculously steep passes on rocky roads as pleasant. Not that I did not enjoy my final leg in Mongolia, but I would chose words such as challenging, rugged, and difficult. However it was extremely rewarding in the end. By the time I was approaching Olgii I decided that I was done with wandering around Mongolia on a bicycle not ever knowing where I am, riding on terrible roads, and climbing steep passes over loose rocks and sand. The last climb before Olgii generously provided me with all these obstacles with the addition of a headwind. When I finally reached the top and could view Olgii from above and patted myself on the back for basically surviving the trans Mongolian cycle route. I still have 100km left to cycle to enter Russia so still a bit more surviving to do, but hopefully I can handle whatever comes my way without loosing my cool on the way to big, scary, cold Russia!! As for Russia, I have absolutely no idea what to to expect, should be fun!
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| Uureg Nuur (Lake) |
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| Approaching Uureg Nuur |
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| One of the toughest climbs of the journey. |
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| Five hours later I am at the top!! |
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| Achit Nuur |
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| Next on cribs.... |
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| The Khovd River leading to Olgii |
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| Olgii!!!!!!!!! |
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