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Gobi Tour: Party in a Turtle
Sights & Activities

Gobi Tour: Party in a Turtle

Hidden somewhere in the Mongolian Gobi desert is a turtle. A concrete turtle in whose shell a restaurant serves some of the finest Mongolian cuisine in the region. One night the turtle started blasting heavy techno music into the empty desert. This night happened to also be the night I

  • Ludo van den Boom
Ludo van den Boom Dec 21, 2014 • 4 min read
Beijing to Ulaanbaatar
China

Beijing to Ulaanbaatar

The smell of dry sand tickles my nostrils as the desert rolls by in the dark. Not much can be seen outside except for a strip of sand a dozen meters wide, lit by the light from the train’s carriages. When the wind picks up, a cloud of dust

  • Ludo van den Boom
Ludo van den Boom Oct 1, 2013 • 12 min read
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