Our guide and two students interning at the tourist camp took us on a riding trip.
Old Russian oil ships at a port we visited.
Students out on a school trip.
" Take nothing but memories, Leave nothing but footprints..."
Monday, November 19, 2012
The Dark Blue Pearl
Khuvsgul is a fresh water lake, located in the high mountain area in northern
Mongolia (1,645 m above sea level). It is the deepest and second largest in
Mongolia and 10th largest and 4th deepest in Asia.
The oval-shaped lake is 36.5 km wide, 136 km long and 262 meters deep. The volume of water is 381 square km. Ninety-six rivers and streams drain into the Khuvsgul but only one, the Egiin Gol river drains from the lake. The lake water is soft and rich in oxygen.
Known as The Dark Blue Pearl, Khuvsgul is one of only seventeen ancient lakes on earth, and is thought to be approximately 2 to 5 million years old. It holds approximately 2% of the earth's liquid surface freshwater.
The oval-shaped lake is 36.5 km wide, 136 km long and 262 meters deep. The volume of water is 381 square km. Ninety-six rivers and streams drain into the Khuvsgul but only one, the Egiin Gol river drains from the lake. The lake water is soft and rich in oxygen.
Known as The Dark Blue Pearl, Khuvsgul is one of only seventeen ancient lakes on earth, and is thought to be approximately 2 to 5 million years old. It holds approximately 2% of the earth's liquid surface freshwater.
Hangard Tourist Camp
This is where we stayed at Lake Khuvsgul. The lake and it's surrounding areas are so beautiful that if not for the freezing -40 °C winters I will be tempted to move here.
The road leading to Hangard. The roads here are bad locals actually prefer riding horses to get around.
The larger building is the dining hall and the smaller building to it's right is the toilet.
Weather changes are drastic, here we experienced our first storm
The inside of the ger complete with a heater and firewood. These are usually large enough for 8 people but we had this all to ourselves. This camp like the others we stayed had electricity after dark for a couple of hours which means hot showers and I could charge my camera batteries.
Heavy storm and yet the sun was out. Beautiful double rainbows !
The next morning Lake Khuvsgul
Great views greeted us the next morning.Its getting colder and autumn has arrived. Definitely looking forward to an interesting week. We will be fishing, hiking , riding horses and hopefully get a chance to meet Tsaatan people, nomadic reindeer herdsmen.
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