A Month in Mongolia


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October 5th 2007
Published: October 17th 2007
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Foreword The last month of my life was spent in one of the most untouched and amazing countries in the world (in my limited and biased opinion that is): Mongolia. For seventeen days I was let loose in the wilderness and countryside, for days on end I sat in a Russian van as we drove over the pulverised remains of what may at one stage have been called a road, and in that time I saw an abundance o... Read Full Entry



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Meeting With Another Tour GroupMeeting With Another Tour Group
Meeting With Another Tour Group

And sharing around the booze of course.
A Typical Mongolian TownA Typical Mongolian Town
A Typical Mongolian Town

We stopped here for lunch. It's not the most appealing sight now is it?
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This is exactly how it looked the moment I took it out of the wrapper. Hmmm. . . something seems wrong here.
A Small DoorA Small Door
A Small Door

I had some serious difficulties getting in and out of Gers.
Our GerOur Ger
Our Ger

This is a typcial Ger.
A HorseA Horse
A Horse

This is a typical horse.
Family Ger CampFamily Ger Camp
Family Ger Camp

We stayed in this camp for a couple of nights while we did our first horse trek.
A Mongolian "Highway"A Mongolian "Highway"
A Mongolian "Highway"

Count the number of roads. I dare you.
Yellow Trees!Yellow Trees!
Yellow Trees!

I'd never seen yellow trees before.
In the RavineIn the Ravine
In the Ravine

Below the waterfall was this idyllic ravine. This was taking slightly after I was forced against my will to jump into the freezing cold (near 0 degrees) water as a punishment for hitting my head too many times. The inverted logic of that idea escaped me at the time, perhaps due to severe concussion.
SanyiSanyi
Sanyi

A self-portrait.



18th October 2007

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TLDR!!1 Ps Are you emo now?
18th October 2007

Very Pretty, and I don't mean you Matty !
26th August 2008

I know it
Matty said true.You will be feel like Matty's saiyng

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