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Mongolia May/June 2009

Saturday, June 6, 2009

And he got out the other side

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Labels: I was there..., Yes

Testing the girth


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Labels: Nothing is impossible..

Squeezing through tight cracks


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Labels: Luckily rocks don't move

Rock-climbing


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Labels: Han and Anand, Mike, Takashi

Or a horse


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Labels: Plenty of them around

Or a yak?


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Labels: Good winter woollies

First sight of two-humped camels


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Labels: Worth a ride?

And over an ancient wooden bridge


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Labels: See the later pics on how it is made

The entrance to the Terelj Protected Area


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Labels: This is a popular tourist location, where there are lots of ger hotels and camp sites.

Miles and miles of Steppes


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Labels: and sparsely populated with a few gers and animals

The next trip to Terelj


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Labels: Terelj is a "Protected Area", two hours from UB.

And now he can walk


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Labels: He can now lead a fairly normal life

Nicely healed


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Labels: But he needed a new artificially raised shoe. ROPE covered additional costs caused by his illness.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Second ger


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Labels: Could be any house?

Second get


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Labels: Beware of the dog

Past the Mayor's office


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Labels: Who has a good fleet of police cars

And on to the next ger


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Labels: Difficult to imagine this place snow-bound in winter

Mod cons will travel - TV, radio, cooker


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Labels: Domestic scene

A day's water supply


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Labels: Everything has its place

Ger cooking


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Labels: But not too many trees about

Source of light - natural and electric


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Labels: All this folds up on the back of a truck

Inside the ger


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Labels: Sarentsetseg with Lkhagvadulam and Otgontugs (Badrakh absent)

No place like home


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Labels: A welcome from Sarantsetseg
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  • ▼  2009 (69)
    • ▼  June (23)
      • And he got out the other side
      • Testing the girth
      • Squeezing through tight cracks
      • Rock-climbing
      • Or a horse
      • Or a yak?
      • First sight of two-humped camels
      • And over an ancient wooden bridge
      • The entrance to the Terelj Protected Area
      • Miles and miles of Steppes
      • The next trip to Terelj
      • And now he can walk
      • Nicely healed
      • Second ger
      • Second get
      • Past the Mayor's office
      • And on to the next ger
      • Mod cons will travel - TV, radio, cooker
      • A day's water supply
      • Ger cooking
      • Source of light - natural and electric
      • Inside the ger
      • No place like home
    • ►  May (46)

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