Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Countryside Photos

Some of my fellow coworkers...and a Monk...Who luckily blessed our travels. Also served as our guide during our Mongolian spelunking excursion...


Tree covered in "hadag's" a common sight in Mongolia

Entrance of cave.
I know....I totally look like a tourist
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Monk sitting at an "ovoo" preparing for a ceremony
Offering "white food" (in this photo millk) is a traditional custom at places of spiritual significance. In Mongolia one of these places is called an "ovoo". (I'll explain in the next entry)
More coworkers..
In Mongolia there are few coniferous trees that keep there needles in the winter...So seeing one is a big deal....so a picture with one is a must.
Most of my coworkers....one big happy fam
"where we're going we don't need roads" no literally in this photo we're driving on a frozen river
Again coworkers... This time in front of a monestery
Do you see any road???

2 comments:

A.I.S. said...

great pictures!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hey the trees the lose their needles are larch the ones that don't are siberian pine trees. there are plenty of both in the norther regions