About 10km west of Sagsai, this unusually broad balbal (stone figure believed to be a Turkic grave marker) with hands clasped at the base, is one of the few features in an otherwise flat landscape, serving as a perch (and toilet) for passing birds.
Sagsai Balbal
Western Mongolia
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