Gobi Desert and Central Mongolia 26/06/08 to 07/07/08

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July 7th 2008

Published: September 18th 2008

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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Day 3 28/06/08

Me and Debbie on the ice which I nearly slipped off like 8 times.

Day 3 28/06/08

The ger camp we stayed at.

Day 3 28/06/08

A cute mongolian girl at our ger camp.

Day 3 28/06/08

The ger camp and national park museum from the mountain near our ger campl.

Day 3 28/06/08

A fancy ger with satellite and all.

Day 3 28/06/08

Sunset around the gers.

Day 4 29/06/08

Though it was well early - sunset was well worth getting up for. Even climbing up the hill was too.

Day 4 29/06/08

So on day 4 I felt my hair was a bit manky so I washed it with cold water from this cauldron and a cup. Gotove helped me too..

Day 4 29/06/08

Inside our ger.

Day 4 29/06/08

Another view inside the ger.

Day 4 29/06/08

Day 4 and you can see how the landscape was changing so much again.

Day 4 29/06/08

The cows were confused by our unmongolian like presence.

Day 4 29/06/08

A baby goat in the ger camp we stayed in.

Day 4 29/06/08

Debbie and the goat. It was so cute.

Day 4 29/06/08

Me and the goat.

Day 4 29/06/08

The horses huddle together to shade each other from the heat.

Day 4 29/06/08

You can see today we finally got to the dunes.

Day 4 29/06/08

Baby horsies too!

Day 4 29/06/08

19th September 2008

anonymous
non-member comment

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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