The sunset lit up the cliffs. And today was not the best day. The sun was a little hazy because of clouds in the horizon. I can only imagine what it looks like on a bright sunset day…

Roger “Antics” Whitney !!

Many of you have asked for pics of inside the ger. Here is my best attempt…
Our guide let us know that orange is one of the two sacred colors of Buddhism (yellow being the other one) and you can see the preponderance of the orange color in the very ornate design inside the ger.

Roger: “Sara, How do you say Shutup in Mongol”
Sara: “To who?”

Roger looking at me yells “TOWHO”
Me (calmly): “I think the proper word depends upon whether you are addressing somebody formally or informally. She wants to know who are you addressing when you want to say Shutup”.

Roger (muttering under his breath): “I can’t get a break, can I”

And this is reason #152 why it is so much fun to travel with this guy…

Originally the Mongols were very tall people.
Centuries of banging their heads against those ger doors later… 🙂 🙂

Locally called “Hui”, this is like a huge sand tornado…

I used to cary my brother too in my bike with ice cream in hand!!!

(Two brothers returning from school in Dalanzadgad)

… and this is just to go to the city (Dalanzadgad) to avail of certain city facilities like fixing tires and getting internet connection!! 🙂

We got to the area where the sand dune was the highest in the area. And started climbing it. At first it was easy. Then it became difficult. And then it kept on getting very difficult. It was incredibly steep. The sand was giving in so much that with every step we were progressing no more than six to nine inches. Roger and I set a particular set of bush as our target. We took a lot of breaks. Finally reached the spot. I was running out of breath quickly. Had to lay down and rest it out for some time.

The views were spectacular from there. Took a shot from where we were sitting. You can see our vehicle way down there. Also look at the surface to our left to realize how vertically we were climbing…