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Desert Illusions – Mongol Rally
Blog: Ottsworld - 19 September 2011
We slowly moved deeper into Mongolia where the foreign landscapes, people, and towns started to become normal to me. We were moving from western Mongolia into Central Mongolia and the Gobi Desert; from Altai to Bayankhongor. The landscapes changed dramatically as we left the Altai mountains and hills behind and had nothing but perfectly flat [...]
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Photo of the Week – Mongolia
Blog: Ottsworld - 5 February 2010
Gobi Desert – Mongolia Grazing Goats I chose this photo this week in order to bring more visibility to the current state of emergency in Mongolia. There are a lot of weather disasters happening around the globe right now, and Mongolia is no exception. The extreme cold weather has been the cause of death to 1.7 million [...]
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Modern Nomads
Blog: Ottsworld - 3 November 2009
-As written for Asia LIFE magazine Oct. 2009. Speeding along the dirt tyre tracks past camels and goats, the bus randomly stops in the middle of the desert to let a family off where there is no sign of life. The bus lurches up and down as if it were a roller coaster ride, yet there [...]
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Naadam – Mongolian Manly Sports
Blog: Ottsworld - 1 October 2009
View Naadam Photography Snapshots of the Naadam Festival I woke up to hear our jeep ignition turn on and leave the guesthouse. I laid in my sleeping bag disturbed; wondering why Shat sped off at 6AM without saying goodbye. I felt a bit jolted as we had spent 3 days with him bonding in the jeep, [...]
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In Search of…A Plan
Blog: Ottsworld - 12 August 2009
After arriving a day late to Ulanbatar, I had a lot of ground to make up. I arrived with no plans except for a guest room booked for one night. My plan was to make no plans and to figure it out when I arrived. In addition, I had another goal, I really wanted to [...]
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