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Bayanzag – the land of dinosaurs.

July 9, 2023

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Bayanzag in Gobi made me feel like I had entered an Indiana Jones movie. Another spectacular area that left me flabbergasted. The landscape is red rock, strong desert winds and a dust that hangs thick in the air. The horizon stretches forever and the cliffs blaze red in the sunlight. The canyons of Bayanzag also […]

A glacier in the desert – what the hell?!

July 9, 2023

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Would you believe there is a glacier in the Mongolian Gobi? And I walked across it in crocs!! This incredible, narrow gorge that runs through Yolyn Am, known as Yol Valley, fills with glacier ice during the winter and remains into the summer months. It’s found in Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park. The drive takes […]