My face looks weathered. Skin peels off my nose, revealing pink skin with a touch of new sunburn that will soon peel off too. My cheeks are brown, rough and tight after too many months of exposure. My lips have turned purple with cold, and are dry and flaking, a result of weeks of harsh cold winds. A mess [...]
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Day 306: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: 05 Jun 09
June 5th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Mongolia
The wind. It howls, yells, screams in my face. It grabs at my shoulders and tries to yank me back to China. The wind is forceful, sometimes ferocious, determined. But so am I. I’m in the Gobi desert, farther from any sort of settlement than I’ve ever been. I’m out of water and food. I’m [...]
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