We stopped at a shop in town to buy water. This town must have a sweet tooth as the shop had four aisles of sweets out of the 6 or 7 rows of goods. Jim bought red pepper sauce to replenish our hot sauce supply. Lunch was served at a Ger Camp run by Blue Wolf travel in town. Beef strips with rice and the ever present tomato and cucumber salad for the non-veg meals and a potato and onion mash substitute for the veg meals. Bananas and watermelon were served along with excellent cake for dessert.

We admired the one Kazakh Yurt (one central support pole) with 5 beds and very lovely wall hanging decorations. The rest of the camp has Mongolian style Gers (two central support poles) though most also had Kazakh decorations. We departed for town and a trip to the excellent local museum. One floor is devoted to local flora and fauna, one floor to the history of the region, and the top floor had ethnic clothing and cultural artifacts. There was a shop in the museum run by several women who all competed to sell us their embroidered wall hangings, bags, and items of clothing. Debbie made a spectacular exit from the museum by lifting the rusted gate off its hinges.We closed out our first day in Western Mongolia with a beer at one establishment and dinner at a Turkish restaurant. We look forward to our day tomorrow with the Eagle Hunters and the drive to Khovd.