One of the things I absolutely love about Ger camping, is that the day never starts early. Breakfast was at 9am this morning so I managed to catch up on some sleep, after letting the lady in to relight my fire which had gone out during the night. I hadn't been cold in the sub-zero temperatures at I had three beds in my Ger and I used the blankets of all of them.

We head a leisurely breakfast and headed out at about 10:30am to see our Mongolian family. This usually takes place just around the corner from the camp, imagine my surprise when we were taken into the wilderness over an hour away! We went through some really pretty country side and even through a small river. At one point our van got stuck and I thought we may have to get out and push.

We arrived at our families Ger which was on a plateau overlooking the vast Mongolian plain. It was absolutely freezing, which was certainly not helped by how windy it was, I was freezing as this was the only day, where I had felt brave enough to leave my big coat behind. Jan and Paul wanted to go horse riding, so while the men rustled up the horses, we were invited to sit in the Ger, in which the lady of the house promptly lit a fire and offered us milk tea, which tasted kind of like salty milk.

After the horses had been found and we had seen off Paul and Jan, we went for a walk down by the river which was sheltered from the wind by some trees. Colin had found the spot while the rest of us were in the Ger hiding from the cold. It was a lovely spot, it was at least ten degrees warmer and there was basically no wind. Colin attempted to cross the creek, via some rocks and fallen branches, he almost managed it without getting his feet wet. Andy and I didn't manage it and still got our feet wet. I settled for sitting by the creek in the sun until the horse riders got back.

When they returned we had another lovely lunch inside the Ger, I ate so much salad, I think thanks to Russia and Eastern Europe and my constant diet of roasted meats, sausages and dumplings, my body is just craving vegetables. We stayed with the family until about 2pm before taking the long bumpy road back to the camp. Before we left I stood on the edge of the plateau overlooking the vast plain and just marveled at this place, how remote it was and the fact that I was actually there.

We got back to the camp an hour later and had heaps of time to kill before dinner. Andy feebly attempted to try to con me into going for a hike, I had no intention of doing that. I made a better effort and conning him into watching TV with me for a couple of hours. When I say, attempt, I mean, I went into my Ger telling him I was going to watch TV and he followed me. I had no wood left so I went out to get some kindling, when I came back with a few tree branches, Andy told me I was mad, like I haven't heard that before. We watched horrible bosses and then Andy left and I had a nap before dinner.

The power had now gone out, so we ended up eating by candle light. Andy kept going on about how they should have a generator and Paul, Colin and I gave him crap about it. We had lovely Mongolian food for dinner, including these big fried dumplings which were just amazing. After dinner the guys came back to my Ger as there was absolutely nothing to do, considering the power failure. We watched a movie on my laptop until it died and then we all went to bed, again Paul started my fire with the help of alcohol and then went back to start his own fire. I was told by Andy and Colin he actually had the stove glowing red! Glad I wasn't in their Ger, I may have been roasted alive.