Speaking of birds: if you can't see them on your screen, you'll just have to take my word for it: these are a pair of endangered hooper swans. We followed them down the river one day. Apparently, in the time of Ghenggis Khaan, they were so numerous as to blot out the sun!
There they are again. We will have to be content with these photos, since the truly exciting birds were the endangered white-naped cranes. Unbelievably elegant, big birds with lavender-grey backs and brilliant white long necks and tails. We didn't see them in flight, but their littler cousins, the hooded cranes, also quite elegant, were lovely to watch in the air.
This clutch of eggs was just in the middle of the stones by the river..any old yak or camel orgoat or sheep or horse or cow or human could have stepped right on it. But they hadn't yet.
There they are again. We will have to be content with these photos, since the truly exciting birds were the endangered white-naped cranes. Unbelievably elegant, big birds with lavender-grey backs and brilliant white long necks and tails. We didn't see them in flight, but their littler cousins, the hooded cranes, also quite elegant, were lovely to watch in the air.
This clutch of eggs was just in the middle of the stones by the river..any old yak or camel orgoat or sheep or horse or cow or human could have stepped right on it. But they hadn't yet. 
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Thank you both so much for sharing your experience. It is wonderful to see your trip. I miss you.
Love,
Diane and Gordon
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