Trip to Inner Mongolia - Day 2

We started our second day of the trip driving in the van to a Yurt village. Yurts are traditional homes of the nomadic Inner Mongolians. They are usually like tents, but these were made of concrete. We then drove to the desert, where we rode camels up a sand dune. What an amazing experience – definitely the highlight of our trip! We returned to the Yurt village for lunch and then kept on driving. Our driver spotted a man selling watermelons out of a truck at the side of the highway. He bought some for everyone and we just stood eating and slurping fresh watermelon on the side of the road. We had great fun cracking them against a tree to open them and just letting the juice run all over. Our hotel that night was located in a spa town with healing waters. There were two bathtubs in each bathroom, separated by a curtain, so Karli and I both indulged in a nice hot (healing) bath, and chatted.