The road to Sagsay soum (Day 15)

Photo: Braided tracks form the roads here.

Photo: Cashmere goats graze an erosion gully.  Note extreme cold-hardy shurb (identified by ADRA staff as nitorgen-fixing species) growing throughout the hillsides.

Photo:Herder on the riverflats.

Photo:Frozen landscape.

Photo: Gateway to Sagsay soum, which can barely be seen in the riverflats below.

Photo: Iron horse.

Photo: Iron horse riders.  Passenger carries a sack of flour, and a thermos of hot milk tea in his other hand (hidden from camera).

Photo: Another herder on the riverflats.

Photo: Lone figure walks, and watches.

Photo: At one time, these riverflats would likely have been covered with these trees.

Photo: Lone tree watches.

Photo: Frozen riverbanks and trees.

Photo: The road back home.

Photo: Cold ride.