Mongolia June 17-29, 2007
Suhbaatar Square in the middle of Ulaanbaatar.
Michelle and I rode a pedal powered roller coaster.
Buddhist Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.
Michelle spinning a Buddhist mandala.
HERE COMES GOOD LUCK!
Flowing river through the capital.
Genghis Khan's face is on the mountain by Ulaanbaatar.
This is the whole gang right before our 8 day trip to the Gobi!
A nomad family herding their sheep.
Michelle on a Gobi rock.
Michelle outside a deserted monastery.
Having tea inside a ger.
A ger, the felt tent that most mongolians live in.
What goats?
Goats on a rock.
Michelle at night by a ger.
The open road.
The Gobi.
Stopping for lunch.
A camel!
Driving towards the ice gorge. It's in one of the Gobi's rare mountain ranges.
The valley of the ice gorge.
ICE! We chipped some off to put in our drinks (we had nothing but hot drinks for the entire 8 days).
A view of the mountains.
Our camp the 3rd night.
Sand dunes! The Gobi is only around 3% sand, most of its just barren rocky ground.
More sand. FACT: The entire Gobi used to be under water.
Michelle and friends on the sand dune.
Fyl makes it to the top!
Fyl takes a dip with the locals.
Little nomad boy was too young for swimming.
It's Michelle! LOL JK its a camel.
Michelle makes a new friend.
Sunset at the ger camp.
We had a fancy shower that they charges $1.50 a pop. Totally worth it after 4 days in the desert.
Camel riding in the desert!
It was hard taking pictures of each other while riding camels.
The head of the family we stayed with was named "Wan Chee". Or something like that.
Michelle was a natural camel rider.
These shaman rock piles were all over the desert.
Fyl with a 2 day old goat, inside a ger.
Michelle at the flaming rocks.
Looking out for the storm.
Fyl looks for dinosaur eggs. You won't find them there Fyl!
Another picture of the Gobi canyon.
I'VE BEEN TO THE DESERT ON A HORSE WITH NO NAME.
Horse riding in the Gobi.
Our Russian van and our final ger.
Michelle tries on traditional Mongolian nomad clothing. The little boy next to her wants to grow up and be a CEO.
We stopped for fast food at the side of the road.
Back to Ulaanbaatar!
All of us after the trip. We're now all older and wiser about the ways of the Gobi.
