After another day and night on the train (this seemed easy after the last ride). I arrived in Mongolia bright and early in the morning and was promptly wisked off to the national park outside of Ulan Bator for my night with the nomads.

When we arrived we were taken int the yurt of a middle aged couple and served green tea with fresh cow milk yum yum and were able to talk to them a bit through the translator.  After that we were taken up to a group of yerts further up the valley where travelers stayed.  It was kind of like a yurt hotel : )  Again as a lone traveler I had a whole yert to myself.  Guess it pays to travel early in the season….

The rest of the day was spent wandering around the hills by foot and also on horseback.  I got to see lots of herds up close and enjoy the quiet a bit as well.