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Trip to the Gobi Desert – Part Three – Khongoryn Els Sand Dunes and a local Nadaam Festival

Well, waking up near the sand dunes was pretty special.  Stefan and Sebastien like to do a workout every day, and I thought it would be a great idea to join them.  I had already done a couple of workouts with them, but the one by the sand dunes on this particular morning – wow, what a backdrop.   We ran there and back which was 3km without the workout on top! That and the morning sun coming up, I must have sweated half a stone off! (If only it was that easy!

Nice face Stefan!

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Trip to the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Part Two – bad tents, a refreshing river, and the results of crazy driving in the desert!

(Firstly I apologise for the annoyingly mis-sized pictures, and maybe some wonky text too, but WordPress is not playing tonight, and I think I’m even lucky to get any of this post up with the internet connection I have at the moment! Still, hope you enjoy 🙂 ) Continue reading Trip to the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Part Two – bad tents, a refreshing river, and the results of crazy driving in the desert!