the altai range

After a full day teaching, the next day was spent traveling further west to the Altai Mountain range, in a place where Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan come together.

The twins, again!

Pit stop, pee stop or a flat tire

Tea stop

Mid-desert meeting meet-up!

Stupa stop

Petroglyphs we stopped to see in Inner Mongolia span the time period from the early Neolithic (c. 8000 BC) to the later dynasties (nineteenth century).

Incredible.

Hello! A glacial cut valley