Khongor Giant Sand Dunes

We are 3 days off road for a stretch of about 500km. Today, we covered the first half, and we stopped at a yuart owned by a nomadic family. I guess the nomadic part is a thing of the past since they are well placed next to massive sand dunes to catch the passing trade in tourist stays.

Unlike the two previous places, they invite us into their yurt for lunch, a typical lamb and veg soup. They are now Grandma and Grandpa, and I suspect the kids and grandchildren have moved to a city. They have some nice family picture collages in two frames.

In the afternoon, we climbed the sand dunes. No mean feat, since they are over 300m high, and climbing is not so easy as you sink in and slip back.

The way down is easy. I use the Reinhold Messner method, whilst Flo and the kids rolled and swam down.Read more