Senior couple annual outing 2012
Meet our new Mongolian friends |
This will be a photographic journey of some wondrous sights in Mongolia near the capital of Ulaan Baatar.
Manzhir Monastery
Beautiful country - terrible roads |
Birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia - 1637 |
Depiction of Manzhir Monastery before its destruction |
10 sheep were cooked in this hot pot to serve 300 monks |
Green Goddess - one of two female Buddhist goddesses in Mongolia |
The White Goddess |
Wild Horse Park
Sanctuary for Takhi, the Asian wild horse |
The stallion is following and protecting his harem and offspring |
Our Ger (Yurt) camp |
Another view |
Mongolian Throat Singers |
How they survive |
Somewhere along the Silk road |
Chinngis Khan's Birthplace
A Buddhist prayer mound honoring Chinggis Khan's birthplace |
Overlook from Chinggis Khan's birthplace 100 Monks Cave |
100 Monks Cave - 100 monks evaded capture from communists by hiding in a cave in this rock |
Turtle Rock Medicine Monastery |
View from Medicine Monastery |
A visit to a nomad ger |
View from Temple Ger Camp - we were the only guests |
Temple Ger Camp Chinggis Khan Statue |
Chinggis Khan Statue |
Senior couples up close and personal with Chinggis Khan |
Craftmen's Camp |
Demonstrating grinding flour |
Tea kettle rock formation at Craftsmen's camp |
The Khan's Palace camp - 24 united clans represented by tribal symbols |
Lunch followed by music and costume dressing at Khan's Palace |
Chinggis Khan and wife re-enactors - may not be locals |
Education camp - old Mongolian script |
The Shaman's camp |
Nomad's camp - Mongolian mobile home pulled by 24 cattle |
Nomad's camp - horses and colts |
The Guard camp - No wonder they conquered the world!
Wow-all those sights are amazing! Very remote, expansive, and beautiful. What a great sight-seeing trip you were able to go on right off the bat. Do you get to go again next year?
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