Finally made it out of Khatgal. We left on our horses at 11:30 and rode for four hours, looked for water to make camp, but found none, then rode on for another five minutes. Found a bog as our water source and made camp.
Events along the trail: met an Israeli who was returning from Tsaatan country. The Tsaatan are a reindeer herding people who live in teepees and are shamanists. They are the reason many travellers make the trek further into the taiga, the forested area of this region. It is our reason, too. The Israeli rode north along the western bank of Khovsgol Lake, where lots of tourist gers are located. He rode 10 days in, 6 days back on a shorter route through the mountains, known as the logging route. This is the route are taking. I would have preferred to ride along the lake, and I thought that is where we were headed, but Bamba, our guide, never veered back towards the lake.
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