section four: the gobi
Highlights of our seven-day trip to the heart of the Gobi desert:
Our driver Muko (Moe) and his pimping Nissan off-road van.
Playing all kinds of card games with Peter and Vanessa.
Lunches:
Day 1: Fried eggs on toast
Day 2: Fried curry noodles with tomatoes, peppers, garlic, and onions
Day 3: Spaghetti and tomato sauce with squash, peppers, garlic, and onions
Day 4: Fried rice with egg, peanuts, curry powder, garlic, and onions
Day 5: Fried potatoes, peppers, garlic, and onions
Day 6: Garlic and onion pancakes with curry powder
Notice a trend?
Mistakenly missing the solar eclipse (twice), and then watching the solar eclipse.
Streaking on the dunes at Sunset (an idea received from our crazy Spanish hostel-mates in Beijing).
Riding camels. I named mine George. Peter named Lance's Hillary.
Eating goat everyday for supper (This is only a highlight in retrospect).
Watching the sky for shooting stars and satellites with Peter (two nights ago we saw 22 satellites and 21 shooting stars in about an hour).
Taking our first shower in seven days upon arrival in UB.
posted by Alban @ 9:31 PM
5 Comments
5 Comments:
sorry no self-control, I promised not to comment back for a few days, but had to. I like the pictures, the camel shadow, you in the desert, the magic carpet ride, I hope you were able to brush your teeths after all that garlic, no shower for a week. Fortunately we cannot smell your experiences through our computers.
the picture of the camel is one of my favorites. I want to ride on a camel. lucky.
I hear that camels are spitting creatures. True or false? Did George spit on you? Maybe you spit back.
What's in the camel's nose?
Sounds like a great time! I too was wondering about the camel's nose. I love the picture with you and the camel shadowed, and it's a great one of you with the desert background, looking just as I imagined the Gobi to look. I can't believe that I actually made it with looking at these posts one per day. It was very fun--great plan. I'm glad that you got to see the eclipse, or at least 80%; that's pretty cool.
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