A Ger in a small town in the middle of the Gobi. We passed through here on our drive south from Mandalgovi on the 3rd day out of Darkhan.
We stopped to ask for directions, and the boy who lived in the ger obligingly posed. At first, the concept of your driver and guide stopping to ask for directions is quite nerve wracking. However, this is apparently quite normal in Mongolia, since the roads are so... vague.
Day 4, finally arrived in Dalanzadgad, the capitol of the Gobi. ;) Our van wasn't the only one who needed a shower...
The Tree of the Gobi--this is apparently the oldest. Notice the specks of light? That's actually sand. Visibility was bad, as you can see behind.
I think this is part of the Altai Mountain range, just south of Dalanzadgad. We drove there for a little hike.
Love this picture.
Again asking for directions. As a result, a perfect picture of Mongolia.
Arrived in the mountains and hiked along a rough track covered by snow, into the hills.
The fellow tourists...
The would-be "guide"...
An outhouse. Yes.
Magnifique!!
Coming out of those mountains, the view to the South and West, I think.
Sunrise on the Gobi. Up early and headed North and West.
Can you imagine why we stopped?! haha and always glad for such an opportunity.
The rest of the family... the bare, dry scarring around the camel's hump is the family brand, claiming the camel as theirs. The sheep have blue horns for the same reason. The mountains beyond them are where we had gone hiking the day before.
Run home! The sun is up!
I <3 Camels.
A forest of the Gobi.
Shit happens to everyone. How many animals pooped here? (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist, there is just poop everywhere...)
Just beyond a small town built around a mine... "There's gold in these rocks!" So we stopped.
A desert of such amazing contrasts!
It's a baby camel!!
Brought a Cuban Don Pepin cigar, and smoked a bit of it on a lunch break, in the Gobi. It was delicious and epic!
A ger where we stopped... to ask for directions... and then discovered a big leak in the oil. So we were set here for a while. I played with an ADORABLE puppy for a while, then me and the other girls took a stroll up the hill to the ovoo...
The view from the ovoo. The vastness is just amazing.
There are bones everywhere. Also piles of dead animals. I don't have any pictures of them...
Inside the ger while waiting for our car to be fixed.
One of our cheerful hosts and Brigitte and Nadine.
The details of the gers are exquisite.
A log cabin, for dad. :)
A cliff where... apparently some Mongolians shot some Chinese over it, years ago, then some Chinese shot some Mongolians over it... so now the Mongolians remember it cause they died here... yeah. This is where we took our group picture. :-P
Mongolian horses!!
Ancient Mongol graves... LOL who knows, maybe one is the Great G. Khan himself.
Some famous Mongolian waterfalls... I can't remember what they're called... But it was very impressive.
So much more to tell, and the internet is cooperating for once! But I should get this posted before a catastrophic mystery kills this lovely internet connection.
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