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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Lhagva scrapes out the remnants of yesterdays cream |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
A new sav of clotted cream - made with my help! |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Asel brewing 'Kyrgyz Piv' (bozo) |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Tsend-khoo and Dolamsuren look on with interest |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Kyrgyz piv' - ready to ferment! |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
View of Horolsuren's and Lhagva's place, and their neighbours' |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Girls play outside their back fence |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Lhagva turns up the 'skirt' of the ger - it's a warm day |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Dad receiving the drink of honour - vodka. Sleeves down, right hand out - he's doing it right! |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Richard, Dad, and diminutive Tsend-khoo |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
On a Mongolian horse with Aanda, Tsend-khoo doesn't seem so small! |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Asel as Mongolian maiden |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Hishgee - a real Mongolian maiden |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Jokes as the kebabs are prepared |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Aanda helps his brother play |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Gantolag performs for us during our picnic |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Enjoying kebabs! |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Lhagva and his grandsons, Aanda and Gantolag |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Hishgee with Horolsuren and her grandsons |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Horolsuren sings a Kazakh lovesong - and Asel can understand it |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Horolsuren sings again - this time in a traditional deel |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Richard and I are dressed for the part |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Horolsuren has us all in costume |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Helen Richard and Asel - during our picnic up the valley from Lhagva and Horolsuren's country home |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Hishgee at the top of the hill we climbed above the valley, after our picnic |
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| 2002 08 08 |
Mongolia |
Helen climbed the hill in full attire! |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Breakfast in Horolsuren's ger: lots of cream and dried milk products, with home made bread |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
The gers and daughter of Tsend-khoo's horse-herding friend: our hosts for the day |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
You shall be lunch! |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
One step closer to lunch: our host has made an incision and squeezed the sheep's heart till it stopped |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Before lunch we were taken for an exploration on a fine rocky outcrop |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Spread across a rock |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Grouped at the top of the rock above our hosts' winter pasture area |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Tsend-khoo's son has just been given this foal, while Dolamsuren has just milked some mares |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
The new foal is anointed with milk |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Proud horse-owner |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Mongol arikh' - Mongolian fermented yoghurt spirit is being distilled in the 'work ger' |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Having eaten all the sheep's innards, we are entertained by Javzan's skills in complex drinking games |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Members of our host family |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
The yoghurt vodka is ready! |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
Young rider |
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| 2002 08 09 |
Mongolia |
At the end of the lovely day, Horolsuren tops it off by giving me a lamb from her flock |
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| 2002 08 10 |
Mongolia |
View across my friends' plot: their horse-tying frame, and building (former social club) |
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| 2002 08 10 |
Mongolia |
Aanda with his cousin once-removed |
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| 2002 08 10 |
Mongolia |
Aanda |
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| 2002 08 10 |
Mongolia |
Horolsuren took us to Javzan and her husband's home, next door, where they are building log cabins for tourists |
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| 2002 08 10 |
Mongolia |
Horolsuren and her family sit at the edge of their stage in the former social club |
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| 2002 08 10 |
Mongolia |
Dad proudly displays his new deel |
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| 2002 08 10 |
Mongolia |
With Horolsuren and her family at the end of our stay |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
Amarbayasgalant Monastery - the best restored, most active Mongolian Buddhist monastery outside UB |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
Our driver Jugei stays in the shade - the temparature is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit! |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
Symbolic eaves at Amarbayasgalant |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
Richard and Asel inside the monastery grounds |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
One of Amarbayasgalant's ceilings |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
A snake inside one of the temples! |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
A finely painted wall-hanging at Amarbayasgalant |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
A monk spins prayer wheels, his habit on his head to protect it from the sun |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
The main prayer hall at Amarbayasgalant |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
After our visit to the monastery |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
Amarbayasgalant Monastery - in colour |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
The lush pastures of Selenge aimag |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
The flowers are almost up to Dad's shoulders! |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
Sunset through the haze at our tourist ger camp |
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| 2002 08 13 |
Mongolia |
A herd of yaks we met on the road to Darkhan - their herders had spent 3 months bringing them from Bayankhongor |
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| 2002 08 13 |
Mongolia |
This herd of horses came splashing towards us as we picnicked.... |
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| 2002 08 13 |
Mongolia |
.... And it met another herd under the bridge, and was driven back northwards again |
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| 2002 08 13 |
Mongolia |
Zaya's gold mine - open cut |
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| 2002 08 13 |
Mongolia |
Zaya's kind and hospitable mine manager |
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| 2002 08 13 |
Mongolia |
The final stage in the mining process is to pan sediment in this old bathtub - there's the gold! |
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| 2002 08 13 |
Mongolia |
View of the mine |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
We saw this ox slaughtered in Bugant - it took all day to be skinned and cut into meat |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
On our way to our first picnic: on the banks of the Yeruu river not far from Bugant |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
Jimss! Dad partakes of a beloved Mongolian activity: fruit picking |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
The sun approaches the crest of the hills on the other side of the Yeruu river |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
Dad and Zaya at the spot where we had our second picnic of the day: this time high up |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
The mine manager's son helped prepare the fire for our kebabs |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
Dinner - fresh Mongolian kebabs |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
Richard with his dinner |
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| 2002 08 14 |
Mongolia |
Zaya and her friend sing |
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| 2002 08 15 |
Mongolia |
View by morning from our dinner spot from the night before |
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| 2002 08 15 |
Mongolia |
One of our final views of the Yeruu river |
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| 2002 08 15 |
Mongolia |
The inauguration of St. Mary's Parish, 1: the church was packed! |
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| 2002 08 15 |
Mongolia |
The inauguration of St. Mary's Parish, 2: instruments used in this first mass |
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| 2002 08 15 |
Mongolia |
The inauguration of St. Mary's Parish, 3: view into the main part of the church |
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| 2002 08 15 |
Mongolia |
The inauguration of St. Mary's Parish, 4: Father Kim, new parish priest (in black), with members of the Korean community in UB |
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| 2002 08 16 |
Mongolia |
Asel at the temple and palace of Mongolia's former ruler, the Bogd Khan |
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| 2002 08 16 |
Mongolia |
Ceiling at the Bogd Khan's palace |
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| 2002 08 17 |
Mongolia |
People inside UB airport's check-in area |
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| 2002 08 17 |
Mongolia |
Goodbye to my visitors! |
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| 2002 08 22 |
England |
The start of a lovely dinner with Piers, Anna, and Mrs Adams |
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| 2002 08 23 |
England |
Naomi's and Jules' beautiful boy Sacha, just after his parents' wedding |
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| 2002 08 23 |
England |
Anna and Piers |
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| 2002 08 23 |
England |
Bride and groom with their friend Rob (left) |
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| 2002 08 23 |
England |
Sacha is happy in his aunt's arms |
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| 2002 08 23 |
England |
Naomi and Jules open a bottle of champagne |
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| 2002 08 24 |
England |
Guests gather for the home-spun ceremony: Charlotte, Katie, Sheila, and Emma with her parents |
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| 2002 08 24 |
England |
Bride meets groom |
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| 2002 08 24 |
England |
Two bridesmaids! |
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| 2002 08 24 |
England |
Bride, groom and baby! |
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| 2002 08 24 |
England |
It's not often the bride and groom can play the music at their own wedding! |
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| 2002 08 24 |
England |
Hooray! |
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| 2002 08 24 |
England |
Guests at Naomi's and Jules' wedding reception |
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| 2002 08 24 |
England |
The delicious cake rounded off a sumptuous meal |
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| 2002 08 25 |
England |
Back at the hotel, the party continued... |
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| 2002 08 25 |
England |
.... And Naomi danced until the end. |
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| 2002 08 25 |
England |
Flynns, Tylers, and Philip with Grandma |
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| 2002 08 25 |
China |
With Yang Ying outside one of Beijing's churches |
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| 2002 08 25 |
China |
Eating northern hotpot with Yang Ying |
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