Mongolia II: From the Altai Mountains to the Southern Gobi

[selenak]

The time difference is playing havoc with my internal clock, I woke up and can't sleep anymore (it's in the middle of the night in Germany), which is why you're getting the second pic spam already. The Altai mountains cover a great deal of Mongolia, actually, but one particular part of them is between the Middle and the Southern Gobi, and that is

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[kathyh]

Fabulous photos. The landscape is truly extraordinary and I love the shot of the camel with the antlers plus real camels. Shame about the camera but kudos to the mobile phone for stepping into the breach!

[selenak]

I tell you, Steve Jobs and whichever minions are responsible get my praise for the mobile phone development alone, because if I had lost all camera access after a week, I'd have felt so miserable!

[amenirdis]

I love your travel posts! Love, love, love them!

[selenak]

I thought of you when hearing the Mongolian equivalent of "Would the Enterprise D be able to defeat the Death Star", which is "if Genghis Khan would have fought Alexander the Great, who'd have won?".

I give you three guesses about who the Mongolians were backing, and the first two don't count.:)

[amenirdis]

Ah but in Numinous World terms that would be having a cage match against himself! :)

[camkin]

Such lovely photos!
I am so envious!

[selenak]

It was a marvelous trip.

[selenak]

Oh yes, we were driving through rivers now and then. No roads often means no bridges, either. In the post I'll try to put up today if time permiits, there will be a relevant photo.

[lokifan]

This is such a great set of photos! I love the flaming cliffs ones - fabulous.

Poor camel, still waiting for his antlers back :(