The end of the rainbow

I was sick with some strange virus that zapped my body of energy, it was raining and although it was meant to be the middle of summer it was freezing cold. I’d just jumped on a 15 day adventure through Mongolia, something I don’t usually do because I like to have complete control over my adventures. Two weeks with no reception, two weeks with random humans I had yet to connect with.
It was meant to be a wonderful adventure into a country I couldn’t wait to explore, but it was turning into a pretty shitty day, and I was preparing myself for a shitty two weeks.
We finally arrived at our camp and barricaded ourselves into our Ger to get out of the rainy, windy weather.
The first thing I noticed was the overwhelming stench, upon inspection we found drying meat hanging from the rafters, I laid my aching body onto the hard bed, willing my nose to get used to the smell.
‘Why am I here? What have I done?’ swirling through my tired mind as I slowly drifted asleep.
An hour or so later I was shook awake and a bowl of soup was handed to me. I would have preferred to keep sleeping, every muscle in my body was aching with whatever germs where making their way through my veins.
With my belly full of warming soup, I noticed just outside the door, the world had changed, the angry sky had softened and the clouds were turning purple as the sun dipped towards the horizon.
Although my body was aching, although my eyes were drooping, I asked myself how many sunsets i'd get in Mongolia, so I grabbed my camera, put on a jumper and walked outside. 
Luckily I did because the rain storm had cleared and been replaced with a vivid rainbow, I could see a man riding his horse and knew an epic photo was about to take place, but it was blocked by Ger's, cars and people, so off I ran, trying to get to a spot where I could capture it. 
I took my photo, and my day went from 'what have I done? I wish I was at home and mum was feeding my soup and giving me a hug' to 'what even is my life?' 
I was so energized by the epic vista that I wandered for the rest of the sunset, photographing Ger's, herds of horses and basically falling in love with the effortless beauty of Mongolia and it's serendipitous nature, that shaped the majority of my trip.
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