Erdene Zuu, Kharkorin, nomads and gers

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May 15th 2007

Published: August 6th 2007

I love the smell of mutton in the morning. The pungent odour of aged, boiling sheep rolls in through our open bedroom window as I roll out of bed and into the minibus for our 3 day trip into the wide-open spaces of Mongolia. Delighted to see that our travelling companions are the very lovely Daphne and Bernd from Holland who we met briefly yesterday running around like mad things on a frantic food... Read Full Entry

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Nomad camp

Me on sand dune

Seconds before rolling down it with mouth open. Not recommended.

Ger for night 2

All mod cons.

The Holland v France game

Rush hour, Mongolia

So totally in the middle of nowhere

The ensuite rooms were fully booked

So cosy inside

Ger furniture

Flower of Mongolian steppe

Przewalski's wild horse

Became extinct in Mongolia in the 1960's but luckily examples survived in European zoos so was reintroduced to Mongolia in the 1990's. There are now several hundred roaming around the Mongolian steppe. A very good thing too.

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