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Day 11 A Day in the Life of of the city and the four sacred mountains
modern Mongolia _SL_ ^`]]Z`YO T_ɨ-LdLYe`]VS .STYRPW_PT
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Life ZQ XZOP]Y 8ZYRZWTL ʭ]^_ ^_Z[[TYR _Z
Dinner is on our own this evening.
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on the Mongolian steppe. Our meeting will Breakfast, Lunch
reveal the austere lifestyle of these nomadic
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bovine for virtually all of their core needs: Day 13 Ulaanbaatar •
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L`_SPY_TN RWTX[^P ZQ _ST^ QLXTWdɪ^ OLTWd _L^V^ Enjoy the morning and afternoon at leisure
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chance to help the family with other typical Pc[WZ]P _SP BTY_P] ;LWLNP ZQ _SP -ZRO 6SLY
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discuss the nomadic way of life and we’ll have the Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery to
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life. Then, we’ll gather for lunch at a local
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restaurant.
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for medical services, school, and shopping. Later, during this additional night in
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cream shop to meet with an entrepreneur. family living in city will invite us into their
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for lunch where we’ll get a glimpse of their help the family prepare our traditional meal
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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
of the village before you’re free to spend the
afternoon as you wish. Tonight, we’ll regroup
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Day 14 Fly to the Gobi Desert
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Gobi Desert. Covering much of southern
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Day 12 Overland to Moron • Fly to ]PRTZY ZQ ^PXT L]TO OP^P]_ _P]]LTY _SL_ T^
Ulaanbaatar OLeeWTYR TY T_^ aL]TP_dɨQ]ZX ]ZNVd Z`_N]Z[^
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stop for lunch at a local restaurant before we rolling gravel plains. It is the world’s coldest
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repository of dinosaur remains. Caravan
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free afternoon. You may ascend Zaisan Hill.
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this vast and unforgiving landscape in the
1270s, he proclaimed, “It consists entirely
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