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  • Day 89

    Havtsgait Peteoglyphs

    September 28, 2019 in Mongolia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    After breakfast we left Gobi Erdene at 8am and jumped into our 4 wheeled drives.
    We took a breathtaking route through a valley of jagged rocks which looked like the backs of sleeping dinosaurs.
    Stopping for a break after 2 hours K found what looks like a man made flint and given its location may have to be gifted to the museum when we get back to UB.
    Next stop the Petroglyphs- 5000yr old stone carvings high up at the top of a v v steep hill.
    Sadly Unru does not know the type of stones but they were huge slabs of the darkest, purple metallic rocks unlike any I have ever seen- so wish we had a geologist with us. It was a v special place with a jaw dropping view of the gobi.
    Going back down wasn’t much fun as the rocks waiting to be landed on were razor pointed in their jaggedness.
    All down in one piece it was an hour back to Gobi Nomad lodge and back to our luxury gers for lunch and a free afternoon as it was now 2pm.
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