A continuous game of left, right, center, straight as the only means we really have to navigate our way across Mongolia. I have a map except that there is only one major road on the Southern Route and as we progress along, the definition of road becomes… well… needing to be redefined.

We come across another team, and pull over to say hello.

A local elder appears out of nowhere and tells us about all the different nationalities and teams who have come across this way in the past few days. I pull out my map to get a confirmation on our general directional before we keep on heading Eastward.