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July 7th 2008
Published: September 18th 2008
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The Gobi. The Desert. Open a Pandora's box of contrasts. Total journey distance 2,200km. Total days tires popped = 5. Imagine baron fields. Gazelle's leaping gracefully over a distant hill. Camels, sheep, yak, horses and goats running wild together. Or some belonging to the nomads conveniently standing on the road in front of where your car is about to drive. The smell of flowers with a mint l... Read Full Entry



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Me and Hercules. Notice the camel behind us haha.
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Me on the dune.
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Debbie on the dune.
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Finally getting to the top felt sweet!
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Me jumping off the top!
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We all then took the plunge - Dan, Kev, me, Debbie then Clair.
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Kev coxes Camelot but we all know the true hero of the day was Hercules.
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The horses were hot when we got back. And sleeping.
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We climbed another dune that day. Without the aid of camels to transport us to the bottom. After lunch.
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The dunes on the other side. We wouldnt have seen them if we hadent have climbed that far and looked over the crevice.
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The dunes singing were amazing. Something totally different.
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The view in the distance.
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Me ontop of the dune.
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After rolling, jumping and skipping down the dunes this is what we saw below.
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Ok so the sunset was pretty special that day too.
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Some goats near our ger.
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Camels swimming in the illegal lake which I would probably not care to admit but me and a few others swam in. And washed our clothes in lol.
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The dinosaur cliffs.
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I dont know about you but I could really imagine dinosaurs walking around there at some point.



19th September 2008

anonymous
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Wow
Amazing photos, I love the one of the town, the man on his soviet truck and the one with the tied up horse. I'm proud of what you have achieved, you should be also.
6th October 2008

Krunch
I thought I'd name my bike sasha...

Re: Wow
Thanks for the comments! Definately very proud!

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