Tugrisin Shiree and Hongoryn Els Sand Dunes, Mongolia


Tugrisin Shiree is a white escarpment that is the site of the famous “Fighting Dinosaurs.” A Polish expedition explored this area in the late 1960′s and found Protoceratops and Velociraptor locked in combat. As we walked through the rocks, I hunkered down and started picking away at an indentation in the ground. Sure enough, the outline of a LARGE Dinosaur Bone started to appear. There are massives amount of discoveries to still be made in the Gobi. Without proper tools or permits, I had to leave my Dinosaur bone there, still in the ground waiting to be excavated.

The guide laid out a picnic lunch with cucumbers, canned vegetables and PICKLES!

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After the “pickles”, another long drive (nothing is close by in the Gobi) to the “Singing Dunes” (Hongoryn Els is Mongolian for “Singing Dunes” ) . The Gobi is covered with a sparse layer of scrub vegetation but suddenly there was a landscape of dunes. Hongoryn Els is the largest area of dunes with some reaching heights of 2,400 feet. We had a good time s…l…o…w…l…y slogging up, and runing down.

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Sheila and Steve on top of the "Singing Dunes," Mongolia

Back to our Ger Camp for one last night in the Gobi…

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