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Nature’s Bath…with a Yak!

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I didn’t think it was too hot of a day but apparently with all that weight and hair and fur, yaks can begin to get heat exhaustion from temperatures over 59 degrees, so yes, he was hot! Taking a nice cool bath was a good idea. There actually was an entire herd in the [...]

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Portrait – Mongolian Musician

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This photo represents one of the coolest things we did while in Mongolia.  Here we were not far from the middle of nothing, and our hostess asks us if we would like to hear a throat singer.  Well, yes, but where?  No worries, he’ll come to your ger and he’ll bring his nieces who [...]

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Portrait – Mongolia

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What a harsh, rough and tumble place Mongolia is.  I think you can see all the hardship of living off the land in this man’s face.  From the wind and sun wrinkles, to the length and thickness of his wool garb, you can just tell you have to come from hardy stock to [...]

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