Photo Essay: Because Mongolia Left Me Speechless

Off the beaten path, you say? How about off the radar?

Mongolia can show you what's that about. And then some.

It's been almost three months, and I remain blootered. This bloody hangover hinders me from weaving the proper adjectives, nouns and superlatives that could encapsulate how epic (epic is even an understatement) that trip was. So far I have these bits and pieces:

• mutton

• Hummer

• Cabbage-Patch-Kids-looking babies

• freezing

• pit toilets

• mare's milk

• barren expanse

• fossilized dinosaur eggs

• nomads

• sheep, horses, cows

• more sheep, horses, cows

• massive vultures that could kidnap humans

• nonexistent road rules 

• toddler puking everyday 

• Gangnam Style 

So while I organize my thoughts,  I'm leaving you folks with some visuals to lust about.

Beautiful autumn arvo at Sükhbaatar Square

Buddha Park beside Zaisan Memorial.   The National Museum of Mongolian History  

Couchsurfed for two nights in this ger on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar.

Our Couchsurfing host's family.
A couple of hours into the Gobi Desert. Our first stop in the middle of nowhere.
Our mighty Delica. Beast on wheels.
Ikh Gazrin Chuluu. I think.
Tsagaan Suvraga. Surreal landscape that used to lie beneath the sea.
Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park. Two-kilometer trek to Yolyn Am.
Bactrian camel ride to Khongoryn Els sand dunes.
Bayanzag, also known as the Flaming Cliffs.
Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan
Spent my birthday visiting the colossal Genghis Khan Statue on the bank of the Tuul River with another Couchsurfing family who hosted us for more than a week!
A Trans-Siberian ride capped off our Mongolia journey (and began our Russia jaunt).    Is Mongolia on your ever-growing bucket list too?     

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