The Gandan Khiid Temple

November 9th 2011
We arrived in UB quite early in the morning and we went straight to the Khongor Guest-house we picked out of the LP before (5$/night/person dorm). Something was not all right with the map as it happened to be much further than we initially thought it would be, but we made it. We had couple of hours of sleep and we went out with Lukasz – Polish guy we met in the lounge of the guest-house. We went ... 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

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Beata and Tomek

Our RTW lasted 583 days = 1 year, 7 months, 5 days. That means 83 weeks/13,992 hours/839,520 minutes/50,371,200 seconds of LIVING THE DREAM We love to travel. It is as simple as that ;-) 30.09.2011 we embarked on the trip of our lives ;-) in 2007 we got inspired by our friends (Monique and Nigel who constantly travel and have been on the RTW) and since then we have been thinking about it all the time. We finally set up a date, started to save up and focused only on preparation ;-) We could not just stay at home all the time so we traveled a bit in between but ... full info

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28th November 2011

Anastasia78
Anastasia78

Impressive!
Awesome picture!

29th November 2011

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

thanks
very happy you like it;-)

29th November 2011

JessM
Jess

love this photo
It's as simple as that - I love this photo. I love the movement and it's one of those photos where you are lucky to be in the right place at the right time and the birds fall in to the right patterns at the exact moment the monk walks ahead when you click the camera. Those are always the best photos and the hardest to get. Nice one.

29th November 2011

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

Big thanks;-)
Especially that it comes from such a great photographer as yourself Jessica;-) We have been admiring your photos for weeks now so your comment is very much appreciated;-)

15th September 2012

markandbreeunleashed
Mark and Bree Unleashed

Perfect
Love this shot. It is perfectly timed. Right place at the right time. Just beautiful!

15th September 2012

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

Thank you;-)
very much appreciated. It is one of my favorites from the whole trip as well;-) Thanks for reading Beata

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