FIRST TIME Horse Riding in Mongolia: Sleeping in Ger (Mongolian Tent)

We're about to cross a creek in a Prius. This is awesome. This is like, I've never seen a Prius go off-road so much before. Today, so exciting. I am going to live in Agur, in this very secluded camp, and we're trying to get there right now. And this is Jun, and he's basically off-roading in a Prius. And we've been crossing creeks and dirt rolls, like I never thought this would have been possible. Actually, a lot of people have Priuses, and they're just all off-roading it. I don't know if you guys can see, but we're about to cross a creek. Woo-hoo! Oh, my goodness. We just crossed that creek in a Prius. That's awesome. It's okay? Okay. That was not a small creek. Jun is checking the Prius. I mean, guys, we literally just Oregon-trailed using this Prius, and hopefully everything's okay. Okay, good? Oh, wow. Oh, we're about to cross another creek. Look at this. This is not a small creek. Don't need no Range Rover. Man, it's just in front of the car. And they're herding it with a motorcycle. That's modern cowboy way. Is it wrong that I'm feeling hungry right now? This is what Mongolia is all about. Here's home sweet home for the next two days. After I got here is this turkey. Oh, he's looking at me. I'm going to back away now. This is so cool. Here it is. This is my gear. Yay. First time. Very excited. First, I got this big luggage. Beautiful. My bed. This is the stove. Why is there a rock there? So it makes it stable. At night, it's only candles. This is it for the next few days. One thing is there's no Wi-Fi here. So I never been without Wi-Fi for extended amounts of time because that's my job. I do everything online. So this will be the first time where no one can reach me for two full days. I don't know how I feel about that. I think I'm more anxious about the time when I do get a Wi-Fi and get bombarded with emails. But not going to think about that now because I'm going to just enjoy all this right here. That is the kitchen, apparently, I think. Oh, yay. Look, a little butterfly. Oh, everything's so low. And that is the shower. That is the bathroom. And there's a sauna-ger. One of these two is the sauna-ger. So you can take a sauna. Sauna-ger. It's very nice at night. We make candles and you can go in. Oh, cool. Oh, nice. So you sit here and get a nice steam. Add water and steam and all candles, especially at night. Oh, wow, handmade chairs, benches. Heavy? Mine, sorry. So this is hot water? Yeah, this is shower. Oh, so it's heated by the sun. Toilet. No, it's not. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. This is the toilet. So this is the horse stable. In English? Yeah, Kurt. I'm calling it in Mongolian now, if you guys worry. Kurt. We have ankle-ball game. This bed is so colorfully beautiful. Welcome to my bed. Ooh, pretty pillow. Everything seems really comfy. There's a stove in the middle of the room. There is candlelight. That is the only light we will have. And I'm kind of glad it's gonna be really cold at night because I'm scared of heat when I sleep. But let me see. Comfy test, check. Okay, this is the bathroom. And this rule kind of frightens me. Before you sit, write your weight on the wall. Should you fall in, we'll know how much to dip out. That sounds kind of scary. Also, strike matches at your own risk because, you know, methane ignites. Hi, I'm really relaxed right now. Just sitting in this gazebo thing. Maybe I'll take a nap. I think everybody needs this break in this crazy internet age where everybody's online constantly and people can always find you. It's good to kind of get off the grid for maybe a day or two. Only bad thing is the flies here are the size of birds and they bite you and it hurts. Like literally, it hurts you. I feel like if I just let them bite me, they'll literally eat me. But today, really simple schedule. Going for, they're gonna make lunch. And then going horseback riding on a Mongolian horse, which is really unique. That goat just sounds like a cranky old dude. Listen. These are the horses that we're about to ride. These are Mongolian horses. They're smaller than the horses I've seen in the U.S. Mongolian dumplings. Fresh. This is dumplings with milk tea. I've had this at a restaurant. Yeah, cool. Lamb dumplings, right? Corn salad, some pickled veggies. Sriracha in there. Mongolian dumplings. Mm. It's like a soup dumpling. There's so much juice inside. Great. That's awesome. I don't know if they're supposed to be eaten in like one biters, but that works. Milk tea. Mm. You actually really taste the milk tea. The tea flavor. There's some barley rice in here. This is gold bone. And we're gonna play a ankle bone game. Yeah. How do we play this? Usually I'll gnaw on animal bones. I've never played with them before. But I'm winning this game. Look at my pile. Yeah, that's the winner's pile. Watch the flicking skill. Sensitive, okay? Oh, oh no. That was really sensitive. A little too sensitive. Go on riding my first Mongolian horse riding lesson. I'm ready. I'm gonna wear this, and this side touches the horse, so it's more soft. It's a good day to go riding. Do it. All right. Is that my horse? Oh, nice. His name is Rocky. Rocky? Yeah. Yo, I like bowling. He likes to go fast. Oh, wow. So you have to pull back. Pull back. Yes. It's just like riding a car, except for, you know, the car's alive and full of flies. And I think he's ignoring me now. I think I'm getting the hang of this. We're gonna be best friends. Right? Yeah. So with Mongolian horses, you want it to go. You say chu, and you kick it. Stop. Whoosh. And this is, this guy, I had some pretty bad riding experiences in the US, but this guy, this guy is awesome. Ooh. This thing can like dust things. This is like a little duster here. You're handsome, man. Good looking dude. This is already so much fun, except for like my buddy and I are surrounded by flies, and they poop a lot. There's just a lot of poop everywhere. Oh, hey, Rocky. It's a bumpy car, but it is a fun car. And a smelly one. Look at this. Riding a horse on the Mongolian plateau. This is as good as it gets. When your horse poops while you're riding it, it's just called the exhaust. Whoosh. Slow down. Taking a break. And this guy, this guy ran his heart off. Good job. Oh, and he's peeing. And he's peeing. I'm gonna just step away from you a little bit. Boy, that was incredible. I was galloping. I never, you know, really, really ridden a horse before, but galloping, just like, I don't know how fast I was going. I think this horse likes me, guys. Watch, watch. You like me? Yeah. Yeah, you do. He's agreeing. Watch, and he snuggles up against me. Look. He's like snuggling up against me. I don't know if that just means I'm just a scratching post, but I think he likes me. Look. He's shy. Shy. Yeah, he just likes to scratch. He's like, you're gonna be a treat for me. See? Aw. Hey, buddy, you like me, right? Yeah? You are made for YouTube. You want your own channel? Yeah? How beautiful is that? Right, buddy? So during my ride with Rocky here, I asked other people if it was raining. It's not raining. Rocky's spitting on me. Thanks, Rocky. This is so beautiful. Highlight of my Mongolia trip right here. This is like the nomad lifestyle. It's in my blood. All 1% of it. Only thing I really don't like is the crazy biting flies, but look at this, guys. Let me show you. Yeah, so there are wolves here. That used to be a goat. Guys, check out the bromance that's developing between me and Rocky. Yo, he likes being on screen. You're gonna be the most famous horse on YouTube. You are. You look good. I think so. Most handsome horse on YouTube. I think he's shy. I'm sorry, man. It's been found. There's some excitement going on. It bit you? Oh, I thought it was the tail. Small one. Is it poisonous? Yeah. You gonna be okay, dude? You guys just sit there, okay? Yeah. There's a snake, and it just bit the camp owner. So, gotta be careful. This thing is like... We're gonna deal with this. Oh, we got some big clams here. There we go, here we go. There's the snake. Oh, is that poisonous? That's a small snake, but if it's poisonous, that's not good. Whoa! No, no, no, no, no, no. Everyone's freaking out. Oh my God. You can see the teeth on that sucker. Oh my goodness. What a day. And I never had to turn the lights off like this before, but good night.