Frozen Lakes, Mosquito infested bogs, and riding down rivers

Tom and I headed from Moron, where we had taken some days off to rest, to Hatgal which is a town on the Southern tip of lake Hovsgol. We  had grown sick of pedalling across the steppe and were in search of a change of scenario (quite literally). We met two Finnish and an Australian cyclist and we joined them in the evening for a meal of fresh Yak over the stove in the ger.

Earlier in the day, on approach to the lake, we had seen that the river was covered in ice which was strange because the last few weeks I was used to being blasted with hot sun. Snow was still visible in places and the lake was frozen and would remain so well into July.

A couple of Morons go off the beaten track

Over the last week of riding Tom and I have hit the off the beaten track after deciding that it would be more interesting. From Bulgan we reached the end of the asphault which was a token gesture as we left the settlement. Soon we were back on the dirt tracks which have made Mongolian cycle touring much more fun. We soon decided that we would take a detour from the work in progress 'main' road to the interestingly named Moron (next biggest settlement on our route) and head to a small settlement called Bayan Agt.