Today we arrived at the Khongoryn Els sand dunes. The largest dunes in the Gobi and the largest I've ever seen. After we arrived we rode camels for a couple of hours. It was sort of meditative. Then I climbed the highest dune nearby. It was about 900 meters tall. The view was spectacular. It's the most fun I've had on the trip so far. The Gobi is freaking ginormous. We spend most of the day driving and a couple of hours at a destination. Yesterday we were at Yoln Am where there is usually a glacier, but not this time of year. We went on a 6 kilometre hike.
The day before we were at Ulaan Suvraga, the painted desert. It was quite pretty but we arrived at sunset. Time enough for some quick photos before speeding off to a small town to spend the night.
We've slept in a family ger, two tourist ger and a "hotel."
We have a driver and a guide/cook with us. The food has been good. Lots of mutton, but it's pretty tasty.
There's nothing much to do at night, mostly I read or watch video on my iPod. We've slept on the floor of a ger the first night. It was cold cramped and hard. We've had different variations of beds since then. Tonight's being the most comfortable.
I've eaten differt kinds of dried curds, milk tea, fermented mares milk and other weird milk stuff. It's not as bad as I thought it would be. But not very tasty.
The day before we were at Ulaan Suvraga, the painted desert. It was quite pretty but we arrived at sunset. Time enough for some quick photos before speeding off to a small town to spend the night.
We've slept in a family ger, two tourist ger and a "hotel."
We have a driver and a guide/cook with us. The food has been good. Lots of mutton, but it's pretty tasty.
There's nothing much to do at night, mostly I read or watch video on my iPod. We've slept on the floor of a ger the first night. It was cold cramped and hard. We've had different variations of beds since then. Tonight's being the most comfortable.
I've eaten differt kinds of dried curds, milk tea, fermented mares milk and other weird milk stuff. It's not as bad as I thought it would be. But not very tasty.
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