Update to the update

By steve on August 18th, 2004

Steve here. When we told the guides our plan to skip Mt. Ot, they got very sulky. Neither had been there before and they were disappointed to have driven 1500km and not go the last 40. So Kate and I had a private pow-wow and decided that they should go. So today Kate, Tsogo, and Ganba are driving up to the mountain, while I’m staying sequestered at lower elevation. I’m spending the day exploring the town, reading, and wasting some time on the good old internet.

My stomach is feeling a lot better today. I even had some huushuur for lunch, which is a deep-fried mystery-meat pastry.

The place we camped last night had another incredible view (pictures #80-#82). It’s worth bouncing around for 8 hours a day just to set up camp in such glorious places every night.