the sky can be absolutely wonderful in mongolia. sometimes with no clouds at all and with overwhelming shades of blue, sometimes with interesting cloud formations.
a market.
typical village scene, with houses and gers.
a typical guanz, colourful and with tiny little balcony and big sign to attract people driving by.
if there were no ger, this could be somewhere around lake baikal in russia.
a car plate, with the mongolian national symbol in red and the MNG abbreviation. the first two letters indicate the city where the car is registered (in this case: UB)
a tiny little street in the middle of nowhere, only intended to serve as guanzes for people passing through.
whereas we had our old-style russian jeep, mongolian tourists were travelling on this truck. note that the truck was full of them...
the coulds provided for a dramatic scenery, cutting into the mountains, with the young monks practicing (or simply playing?) to beat each other up at sun set at Amarbayasgalan Khiid.
one stupa after another.
a typical övöö: large pile of rocks, located on moutain passes and near sacred places, serving as repositories of offerings for local spirits. they are often decorated with a multitude of mostly blue scarfs (the khadag) and demonstrate the animists believes of the mongols.
upon arriving at an övöö, walk around it three times clock-wise, toss an offering onto the pile (it can be another rock, some vodka, or milk, or money, or whatever else you have with you) and make a wish.
the latest addition to mongolia: pink buses. looks very funny when it comes swinging around the corner in the otherwise green landscape.
Altan Gov, a local beer which didn't even taste too bad.
the entrance to a tourist ger camp, with the big ger serving as 'restaurant/bar'.
fresh milk. well, fresh milk with flies. ok, fresh milk with LOOOOOOOOOOOTS of flies.
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