Karakorum

Now just a sleepy village near the ruins of the ancient capitol, the location holds some interesting sites.

We visited the museum and the monastery, the first built in Mongolia. The collection was great and the architecture similar to others I've seen throughout the trip. The connection w

ith the Krygyi people was obvious and interesting.

We spent three hours wandering the site before heading north to Ogli Lake and our next get camp.  Along the way we stopped at a small museum displaying finds from the Turkic empire in the 6th century. Unfortunately everything except for a small introduction was in Mongolian and we had to make assumptions about what we were seeing. 

Another two hours and we were at the lake. Picturesque and peaceful, it would be a great rest and a chance for everyone to recover. We are now up to twelve with what appears to have been a pretty serious giardia infection. No fun!  It appears we had bad food or water at the hot springs.