Sunrise On The Grasslands : Inner Mongolia China

I am staying in a tourist area of Inner Mongolia about 100km by non air conditioned van North of the city of Hohhot. Last night I slept in my Mongol tent on a very hard board bed (ended up with bruises on both sides of my body after two nights sleeping).

Woke up at 5am and went for a walk on the grasslands, beautiful quiet and peaceful. Seems strange to me that in about 1 weeks time I will be on the other side of the world in Canada.

Walking these grassy fields alone at relaxed, I think back to the days of Genghis and his armies, how much different it must have been then.