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 4 29/06/08

These horses werent the friendly kind. I had a sneaking suspicion they were plotting against me.

Day 4 29/06/08

More baby horses.

Day 4 29/06/08

This place had camels too.

Day 4 29/06/08

I knew the white one wanted me to stay back. He always gave me that look when I got too close.

Day 4 29/06/08

The mum is reunited with her kid.

Day 4 29/06/08

They tied thier horses to like a clothes line type thing.

Day 4 29/06/08

I dont know if I told you but the dunes were amazing. I felt the urge to climb them.

Day 4 29/06/08

My footsteps trailing in the sand.

Day 4 29/06/08

Did I mention the dunes were amazing?

Day 4 29/06/08

The footsteps thined as I got higher up the dune.

Day 4 29/06/08

After the rain you could see a brief rainbow in the distance. Amazing.

Day 4 29/06/08

The sun setting over the dunes took my breath away.

Day 4 29/06/08

I think that night was my favorite sunset

Day 5 30/06/08

The camels we were going to ride on.

Day 5 30/06/08

Debbie, Kev and Bernie. They newly christened camels in the previous order were Rocko, Camelot and Ahmed.

Day 5 30/06/08

Debbie (Rocko), Kev (Camelot), Dan (Posideon), Bernie (Ahmed) and Clair (Connor).

Day 5 30/06/08

Bernie and Abdul.

Day 5 30/06/08

Kev and Camelot.

Day 5 30/06/08

Kev rides Camelot into the distance.

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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