Senior couple annual outing 2012
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| 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
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| Beautiful country - terrible roads |
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| Birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia - 1637 |
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| Depiction of Manzhir Monastery before its destruction |
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| 10 sheep were cooked in this hot pot to serve 300 monks |
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| Green Goddess - one of two female Buddhist goddesses in Mongolia |
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| The White Goddess |
Wild Horse Park
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| Sanctuary for Takhi, the Asian wild horse |
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| The stallion is following and protecting his harem and offspring |
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| Our Ger (Yurt) camp |
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| Another view |
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| Mongolian Throat Singers |
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| How they survive |
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| Somewhere along the Silk road |
Chinngis Khan's Birthplace
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| A Buddhist prayer mound honoring Chinggis Khan's birthplace |
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| Overlook from Chinggis Khan's birthplace 100 Monks Cave |
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| 100 Monks Cave - 100 monks evaded capture from communists by hiding in a cave in this rock |
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| Turtle Rock Medicine Monastery |
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| View from Medicine Monastery |
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| A visit to a nomad ger |
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| View from Temple Ger Camp - we were the only guests |
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| Temple Ger Camp Chinggis Khan Statue  |
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| Chinggis Khan Statue |
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| Senior couples up close and personal with Chinggis Khan |
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| View of Chinggis Khan's domain from top of the horse head The 13th Century National Park The 13th Century National Park consists of 7 camps depicting life at it occurred in the era of Chinngis Khan. We visited 6 of the 7 camps. |
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| Craftmen's Camp |
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| Demonstrating grinding flour |
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| Tea kettle rock formation at Craftsmen's camp |
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| The Khan's Palace camp - 24 united clans represented by tribal symbols |
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| Lunch followed by music and costume dressing at Khan's Palace |
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| Chinggis Khan and wife re-enactors - may not be locals |
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| Education camp - old Mongolian script |
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| The Shaman's camp |
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| Nomad's camp - Mongolian mobile home pulled by 24 cattle |
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| 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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