Young Monk

Sainshand - The Gobi Desert

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November 1st 2009
The train rolls into Sainshand, Mongolia at 5:20 am. And our four barely awake bodies tumble down the stairs, dragging our bags behind. Onto the wide open platform standing alone in the wide open Gobi Desert under a massive wide open Gobi sky. The train is gone one minute later. The sun is already up. And so is our guide, eager to meet us and take us out to our ger (yurt in Mongolian) camp - a ... read more

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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