Tuesday, 26 July. Walked down a small canyon to a small waterfall.  Very popular destination for natives on vacation.  Nothing to write home about if you’ve been to the Grand Canyon.  I walked down, hiked back, rented a horse, rode down, rode back, and actually beat almost everyone else.  (We had as slow group.)  The horse ride was very uncomfortable, owing to a bad saddle and unhappy horse.  My escort (twelve years-old?) led my horse down, but let me ride back unaided.  I paid $20, which I think was $12 more than they asked.

We had lunch at another ger camp.  Stopped at a small museum comprised mostly of stuff animals.

The drive to and from the canyon was long and bumpy.  At one point we crossed a beautiful newly paved roadway, complete with lines and signs(!).  I’ve no idea what it connected, but Mongolia needs many more of them.

My escort was the boy in the middle, NOT the girl on the left!