Ellen says that the heat is unbearable in Inner Mongolia right now. She constantly thinks about cold beverages, margaritas, ice cream…. anything cool and refreshing. She is hanging out with some Mongolians right now, just chatting it up. But she had to walk the last 10 kms to the town because she was so exhausted from the heat. Her distance riding for each day might have to be reduced to cope with trying to stay out of the sun.