055 – Mini Gobi

28th Apr 2012, Mongol Els (Mini-Gobi), Mongolia

When I looked at the itinerary and saw Mini-Gobi, I immediately thought to myself: Now that's a sneaky way to market the tour. It professes to get us tourists a sample of the Gobi desert but this is just a small area resembling  the Gobi, situated much nearer to Ulanbaatar. A replica for people without time (and money). In other words, it is the poor man's Gobi.

So this tour's for me then. Let's go.

It is thus without much expectation that I headed off to mini-Gobi, which came with the Kharkhorin tour and included the Terelj National Park. The following set of photos document the journey trip to the camp in the middle of mini-Gobi, and the overnighter there.

In summary, it was better than expected, and the camp was really secluded: We were the only ones there. It was a little too early in the tourist season, so it was still too cold, and the ground still brown.

note: this is the penultimate post on the Mongolia series, which I only now got to drafting.

Saw this funky grandad talking on the phone, by a rest-stop on the way.

Sheep on the road. Got troubling sleeping? Come to Mongolia and count sheep.

Dogs by the road. Closer to the Mini-Gobi area, the terrain changes. More water.

Start to see fine sand and dunes.

This can of beer was still unopened. Lying half-buried in the sand. The exposed half had weathered off.

Our Furgon get's stuck in the sand. The driver used some tool, inserted it into the wheel, and everything was OK.

Plenty of wildlife, even though at first glance the surroundings look barren.

Where we sleep, 3 gers in the middle of nowhere. Electricity in the family's tent comes in the form of a solar panel (monocrystal fyi). Our ger runs on candlelight.

That's the outhouse. And a trailer which was locked. Taken from halfway between the ger and the outhouse. Yes, the toilet is a long walk.

Some other species of birds.

The horns of some unfortunate beast.

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Another toilet, this one is au naturel. My bag's there in the corner. Go figure. =)

This stream is the water source for the family staying in the ger. A few hundred meters away.

Ok. That's just me fooling around with the camera auto-timer. I hung the swinging camera from a tree, so this came out pretty well.

At night, by candlelight, we read inside the ger.

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