the mongolian horse is shorter than the european one. the mongols also use special saddles - made from wood (with nice decorations)!
hello, anyone home? one of the many, maaaaaany marmots you get to see.
horses in Yolyn Am valley in the Gobi.
this is how one can end up in the Gobi if one isn't careful and takes enough provisions and petrol along...
another one of them marmots.
they're also a mongol delicacy - how to do an authentic mongolian bbq: first pull the innards out of the neck of the marmot, then stuff the carcass full of scalding rocks and cinch up the neck with wire. then throw the bloated animal upon a fire (or blowtorch) to burn the fur off the outside while the meat is being cooked from within. and now bon appetit...
camels in the Gobi, with sand dunes in the background.
quite often we just saw the backside of goats and sheeps running away from our jeep.
note the white camel - they are most valuable in mongolia. if you want to see a great movie about today's mongolia (half-documentary): the award-winning "the weeping camel" is to be recommended, where a camel-mother rejects her white baby-camel just born. since the latter thus is not being fed by the mother, it will die, unless... (watch the movie if you want to know the full story!)
sheep, sheep and more sheep.
the famous yaks. most yaks in mongolia have actually been crossed with cows (as they are more productable that way). so, you could also call them 'hairy cows'...
note the size comparison between the yak and the person taking a picture of it...
sometimes the yaks are actually very hairy cows...
mongolia is also home to many many Edelweiss flowers - much more than in switzerland!
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