our vehicle. first day in se gobi.
the requisite camel pic.
dinner our first night - camping in the gobi.
gateway to the khamar monastery.
monastery at khamar
offering to petrified wood
buddha.
really large metal bowl (for burning incense).
meditation caves
stupas
offering at petrified wood
ring the bell and be cleansed and energized.
petrified wood
meditation caves.
energy center
ringing the bell
se gobi
buddha in the meditation cave.
the fam.
camping second night. nice job rigging the tent to the car, if i do say so myself.
yeah, we packed light.
soum center. old volcano in the background. in dariganga, sukhbaatar province.
guys returning from the monastery on the hill that i was not allowed to go to.
reservoir dogs
ger camp. enough with rigging the tent.
rakesh
manish
binesh
new friends.
monastery on a hill.
baby. random note - usually mares circle around so you can't see the foal.
foal.
ger camp.
blue bird.
testing out the sleeping bag.
playing moshig
cards with the new friend.
moshig
moshig AND vodka shots.
some crazy spring of freshwater. drank it. stomach still ok.
the spring is fenced in.
swan lake
plains of dariganga
khadak.
the gobi steppe
baataa (our driver), making an offering to the horse thief.
yes, everyone had to do this.
ovoo
last one.
mongolia's robin hood.
the horse thief
buddhist flag
flowers
shot of vodka
shilin bogd mtn
making lunch
our car
the hike up shilin bogd
volcanic plains
offering to ovoo
ovoos
our car at the bottom of the mtn
singing the shilin bogd song
shilin bogd ovoo
hawk
lunch
heading into the underground cave
emerging
ger
our sink
ger camp
extinct volcano
sunset
darigang soum center
farm in khentii
our cabin
buryat bread and milk cream
my new friend
pigs
my other friend, vaguely wolfish
milking the cow
making the cream
moshig, again
me
me, imitating rakesh
these dogs love me
on the lookout
a ridin' we go
some weird gq ad
onon river
buryat kids
country doctor
buryat home
boov and milk cream
me and grandma
drinking airag
painting the ger
the immense chinggis statue
the requisite bd shot.
apparently, this tank was used in desert storm.
bazooka
sniper rifle
launching the rpg
