Day 2 of our trip. After breakfast the nomads said that they had something we might like to see. It turned out to be the castration of the young goats and sheep. Kenneth, our Swedish tour buddy had to walk away as it made him feel ill. I was more concerned about the fact that they save the 'bits' that they cut out and cook them. The men eat them because they think it enhances their manliness. Needless to say, Kenneth and David both passed on that one.
After that delightful start to the morning, we went for a horse ride to see the neighbours (about 40 minutes away) so that our nomadic friend could help castrate his neighbours goats. (He seemed worrying cheerful about the whole business). Afterwards, we left to go to the camel camp to have a camel ride.
When we got there, it was blowing a sandstorm but we hardy souls just bit the bullet and sent for it. The camels were the 2 humped variety and actually not that uncomfortable. However, Linda would like it pointed out that she had WOODEN saddles on both the horse and camel today. Whereas the guys had soft padded saddles. Did they think I had more padding of my own perhaps!?!
Later, after a few more hours in the bus we arrived at another ger where we will spend the night. The land is very rocky here. It is all volcanic rock which is very strange looking and just scattered about the landscape as if a giant had just picked them up and scattered them about. It is also bloody freezing and really windy. Luckily, the ger is really warm and cozy.
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