Day 10 to: Darlanjargalan, 157km, 969km to date, 634m up, end elev 1116m

Out of our nice hotel back into the Gobi Desert.  Another hard day.  The first 90 k was not bad, a bit of a light head wind, but then the wind hit, probably 30knots plus right on the nose, made for a really hard last 30km.  As I sit in my tent writing this the wind is still very strong.

Lot’s of noise around me, various tents seriously flapping, the occasional blast of sand on the tent.  Sleep might be a challenge.

Apparently we will be seeing a lot of mutton and horse meat in camp dinners for most of Mongolia - needless to say this announcement prompted numerous cracks.

The scenery today was very simple - very flat desert.

Still a couple pics of interest:

An elderly local woman in traditional clothing - clothing that absolutely makes sense living here:

The local greeting committee:

There have been several of these pedestrian crossing signs in the middle of nowhere - we think it is connected with the bus stop and there being a train flag stop on the railway about a 1/2km to the west:

No idea what this gate represents: