The Big Nothing

I`m back few hours ago in Ulan Bator after a tour in central Mongolia. Beautiful nature and... nothing else! In Europe, when somebody talks about a place where there is nothing, usually means a couple of roads without shops or villages with small population; here, the meaning of the word nothing it`s on a well different scale: here is The Nothing. I mean, in four days drive we crossed just four villages, few cars and some brave motorcyclists. Just steppe, nature and many many horses, cows, lambs, goats. Nothing else. This made me think about the different perception people has about the meaning of the word nothing: as Europeans, we are always used to think that we need more and more, otherwise we have nothing, we are nothing. Here people lives in tents, without hot water, without running water, without toilets... So, what`s the `real` meaning of `nothing`?
Tomorrow I leave for a 7 days tour in Gobi desert. Will be challenging but funny as the people I`m traveling together is very cool. Longer posts next week!