Terelj National Park - Contains numerous Ger camps for tourists and Mongolians on vacation, etc. and Nomads dotted around.. Stirring lanscape with endless fields and huge, fantastically shaped rocks.
There are more cows and horses than human being - and goats and of course, yaks! All freely roming around the vast place.
Mongolian language sounds mind-boggling... written in Cyrilic so I manage to read the words; not a clue what they mean..
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| Goats...I think.. |
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| Through a gap in a huuuuuge rock - no treasure though.. |
Ger was cool during the daytime under the hot hot sun and by night; when the temperature rapidly falls, the stove gets to work and the place warms up extremely quickly...so cosy..strange being the only occupant! seems a bit excessive, eh?
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| A whole Ger to myself - just missed the mass of summertime visitors so the park was quieter..Spot the leaning lady behind. |
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| Turtle Rock |
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| Climbing the Turtle - no barriers, fences, paths; just freestyling and squeezing through crannies... |
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| At the top! |
Mongolian horses are smaller but strong! I was embarassed to be guided by a young boy who was eating pine seeds, smoking, leading my horse and riding his own! I was envious of the boys and girls sprinting across the wide fields - they looked too cool.. I hear they start leaning to ride at an age as young as 5..wow
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| Buddist meditation centre |
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| Jumping across the muddy field to reach..can't tell from the photograph but there is water spring within the wooden fencing - thirst gone! cold and refreshing. |
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| No, they are right way up - school holiday camp site for kids |
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| I think this was called 'The Roman' |
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| Visit to Nomads - yes, it was a bit prescribed but interesting all the same; and they were so nice! Everything was made of yaks' milk; butter, cheese and of course the vodka! |
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| Their goats.. |
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| We tried every size...still, it will take forever to pump that tyre dear.. |
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