Several ICAAS members went for a 2-week holidays in Mongolia in July 2004. The Scenaries are really beautiful. Here are my photo albums from the trip

• An overall slide show of what we saw.
• Ulaan Bataar, modern capital of Mongolia.
• Karakorum, ancient capital of the Mongolian great khans.
• Avaikheer, western end of the Mongolian Gobi. Very dry steppe-like region.
• Khongoryn Els, south-western tip of the Mongolian Gobi. Large sand dunes run for miles here.
• Dalanzadgad, the southern tip of the Mongolian Gobi Desert. The flaming red cliffs here are beautiful. I visited during the Nadaam festival.
• Ikh Gazarin Chuluu, eastern edge of the Mongolian Gobi. Rocky landscapes are surreal here.
• Terelj, a resourt near Ulaan Bataar. Rolling green hills here.
• Mongolian blooms.
• Mongolian animals and insects.
• Reflections from my car mirror.
• Cars break down a lot in Mongolia...

A few highlights from the trip for ICAAS members

This is the route we took.

In Ulaan Baatar

Group photo at Sukhaata Square in UB.

Me at a monument.

Around middle Gobi

Lock Soon and I with an old Mongolian couple.

Around Khongoryn Els sand dunes

More than 100km of sand dunes.

Around Dalanzadgad

Sunset at flaming red cliffs.

A wrestling match at the Nadaam festival in Dalanzadgad.

An archery match at the Nadaam festival in Dalanzadgad.

Horse racing at a Nadaam festival. Lock Soon scanned this photo from a book.

Around Ikh Gazarin Chuluu

Limsoon resting outside his ger at Ikh Gazarin Chuluu.

Around Terelj

Our camp at Terelj.