Temple Artifacts 2

Another bad day

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April 18th 2008
Yesterday UB got to experience one of the "dust storms" that I've heard about but until now had yet to experience. The entire sky was yellow and hazy but by the time I got home, things had cleared up a bit and it wasn't visually interesting enough to take a picture. That being said the entire walk home was pretty miserable, sand gritting in my teeth and dirt getting in your various crevices (I had ... read more

Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

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The Mongols gained fame in the 13th century when under Chinggis KHAN they conquered a huge Eurasian empire. After his death the empire was divided into several powerful Mongol states, but these broke apart in the 14th century. The Mongols eventually ... ... read more