It's Kyra! Yep, my darling sister came to visit me, and for bonus points it was over my birthday!
She flew into Ulaanbaatar (U.B.) and we were able to witness the one day a year there is no driving from 10-5. Here's a pic from when we were strolling down the busiest street in U.B.
We spent Easter in the Terejl National Park just outside U.B. visiting the largest statue of Chinggis Khan and riding a horse.
We went to the Mongolian National Museum and then to dinner with my friends. On April 4th we started our Gobi Tour to Omnogobi a.k.a. South Gobi.
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| Our Russian Chariot |
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| Cooking lunch in the van because it was so cold outside. |
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| We stopped to help the truck that carried these cows out of the mud. |
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| Flaming Cliffs in Bayanzag. Where dinosaur fossils and eggs were. |
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| More Flaming Cliffs |
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| Mongolian 2 humped Bactrian Camel herd |
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| Our two amigos, Kyra, me, and our guide. |
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| Part of the Khongor Sand Dunes |
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| Khongor Sand Dunes |
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| Khongor Sand Dunes |
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| Eagle Valley When it's not iced over, there is a giant waterfall right there. |
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| Eagle Valley was cold. |
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| Morning kisses The herders rounded up the babies and the mamas stayed nearby. |
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| Looks a bit like home doesn't it? I can't remember the name of this. |
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| Herd of horse on the way back to Ulaanbaatar |
We returned to U.B. on April 10th and took the overnight train to my town. We spent the day there and took the night train to Beijing, China.
A few pictures from Beijing, China.
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| A little country side from the train. |
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| View of Beijing from the Drum Tower. |
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| The Drum Tower (there is also a Bell Tower) |
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| Confucius statue and me at the Confucius Temple |
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| Confucius Temple |
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| Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest at The Temple of Heaven Park |
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| Inside the Forbidden Palace Museum. |
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| One of many ornate throne rooms in the Forbidden Palace |
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| Dagoba in Beihai Park. |
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| Also Beihai Park Dagoba |
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| Great Wall of China Mutianyu Section |
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| Great Wall of China Mutianyu Section |
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| The East entrance of the Summer Palace looks like somewhere else I've been ... |
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| Tower of Buddhist Incense at the Summer Palace |
And then Kyra and I parted ways. I am SO glad she came!
