Mongolia, top 100 photos
1
In our sleeping pods on Air China
2
Ulaanbaatar from the air
3
The Shangria-la
4
The 742 Tibetan Buddism minor dieties at the Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum
5
Gandantegchinlen (pronounced “I don’t know how to pronounce that”) Monastery
6
Gandantegchinlen (pronounced “I don’t know how to pronounce that”) Monastery
7
80 foot high statue of Avalokiteśvara
8
Drawing of monks meditatating by Joe Rodhe
9
National Library Treasure Room
10
One leaf of the great Buddhist canonic texts of Kanjur
11
National Song and Dance Tumen Ekh ensemble
12
National Song and Dance Tumen Ekh ensemble
13
National Song and Dance Tumen Ekh ensemble
14
The road to Kharakhorum
15
You know you're in a different country when there are directions for using a urinal
16
Mountian Ovoo
17
Town on the way to Kharakhorum
18
Sand dunes
19
Camp site outside Kharakhorum
20
The view
21
The view
22
Dinner
23
Alison goes Zen
24
Our Ger
25
Standing Stone
26
Weird Ovoo with cow skulls
27
Penis Rock
28
Magpie
29
Erdene Zuu Monastery
30
Erdene Zuu Monastery
31
Erdene Zuu Monastery
32
Erdene Zuu Monastery
33
The Kambo Lama of Lavrin Temple
34
Hiking around the campground; lots of bones, this one is till juicy
35
View
36
Night time entertainment
37
National Museum - from Deer Stones
38
National Museum - to democratic Mongolia
39
Uglii, the town that hoses the Golden Eagle Festival
40
Campsite
41
Our ger
42
Our ger
43
Eagle hunters
44
Eagle Hunter
45
Eagle
46
Eagle
47
Horse riding exhibition
48
Starting young
49
Market
50
Camels
51
Dive bomb
52
Show in the evening
53
Me!
54
Weird game where the man tries to steal a kiss and the woman whacks him with a riding crop
55
Tug of war with a goat's body
56
The compeition grounds
57
Night time rave
58
Winter Palace
59
Winter Palace, leopard skin ger
60
Winter Palace
61
Winter Palace
62
Hustai National Park, also known as Khustain Nuruu National Park
63
Przewalski's horse
64
Three Camel Lodge
65
Our ger
66
attached shower ger
67
Camel riding hosts
68
Camel riding
69
Camel riding
70
Sand dunes
71
Sunset
72
Hike
73
Hike
74
Hike
75
Hike
76
Hike
77
hIKE
78
Naadam festival
79
Naadam festival
80
Naadam festival
81
Evening show
82
Evening show
83
Petroglyph climb
84
Petroglyph climb
85
Petroglyph climb
86
Petroglyph
87
Petroglyph climb
88
Petroglyph climb
89
Flaming cliffs
90
Flaming cliffs
91
Flaming cliffs
92
Flaming cliffs
93
Flaming cliffs
94
Dinosaur egg shells
95
Reception
96
Sunrise
97
Driving to airport at 60 MPH on the plains
98
Black Market
99
Saying goodbye to Ganzo
100
The painting we bought in the airport that we had to lug back as hand luggage