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


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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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I was sitting through most of thier performance gob smacked.
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After the performance he let me play that harp style instrument.
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Our crew. Bernie, Me, Debbie, Gotov, Kev, Clair and Dan.
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Good bye to our ger camp.
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The bus Kev and Debbie left us in.
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Central mongolia the landscape began to get greener.
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Some of the flowers on the mountain.
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The jeep made it shortly after we did.
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Clair, Dan Bilge and Gotov marvel at making it over the river. And Gotov not having to wade through the water again.
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Central mongolia began to resemble a european type landscape.
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Bilge helped with putting up some of the gers at the ger camp we stayed at.
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The natural hot spring. It smelt of sulfar.
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The bug in our ger.
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The view of our back yard.
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You could feel the warmth from 5 metres away.
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The steam from the springs.
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As I walked by some goats migrated towards our ger camp past me.



19th September 2008

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

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

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