The Spectacular Blue Waters of Khovsgol Lake

Continuing where I left off, we spent the next two nights at Khatgal to visit Khovsgol lake, Mongolia's most visited scenic attraction. Khovsgol was amazingly beautiful and I wish I'd had more time there. Most of our full day there was spent on a horseback ride a short way up the western shore of the lake.



We were delayed half a day leaving Khovsgol because the van needed some serious work. This was OK as it gave us a couple hours to walk around Khatgal but meant we only made it as far as Mörön which was less than half the distance we had planned to cover that day. I think Mörön is the dustiest city I've ever visited which was rough on the lungs but made for intense colors at sunset.



The next day was a long long day in the van (the longest day of this trip in fact) as we wanted to make up for lost time so that we would still have a chance to see Amarbayasgalant Monastery on the way back to UB. Here are a few pictures from stops we made along the way.