Shargaijluut hot springs near Bayanhongor, Aug 24

We have a bottle of tire-weld in the hatch so we decide to use it on the front tire that flatted over night. Unfortunately it had been punctured already and did a great job of sealing up all of our tools… On goes the other tubed tire. We spend half the day flying through some really cool desert roads, finally coming upon a small community on a river. Danish teams in a car and an ambulance that we have shared a beer with before are on the other side of the river. Unfortunately the ambulance, which has 2 teams (6 people) in it after the death of one teams van, has pulled some water into the cylinders during the river crossing and wont start. The Pale Horse and Peugeot make the river crossing without an issue. We offer our help to the ambulance but there is little we can do. A quick bath in the river and we are on our way again, making Bayanhongor in good time, refuel, and head on up the road to the hot springs. The road pulls the rivets out of the last two good roof rack feet - there is no reason for it to still be on the roof - another ratchet strap goes on. We also realize that the latch on the hatch has been torn out, explaining the increased amount of dust in the car, so we wrap a bungee cord around it and call it fixed for now. We arrive at the Soviet relic hotels and hot springs around 6 only to find that they have already closed for the day. The hot springs consist of hundreds of tiny springs that seep out of the side of a bank. The water is then fed into little gers that have some sort of tub inside. As the springs supposedly open at 7am, we decide to camp nearby, just up the hill from the local ger camp, and try the springs in the morning. We get word that the rest of the original convoy (Peugeot#2, ambulance and Suzuki) has made some progress and is on track, however the Suzuki has a broken engine mount and they are in Altay having a new one bent up (the Mongolians are really good at that kind of thing). The broken Suzuki Ignis is bitter sweet for us as it is comparatively a monster truck that has a 1.3L engine, ground clearance and new Pirelli tires. We expect to see them at the finish, but reviving the convoy has become very unlikely as this puts them at least 2 days behind us.