About 6km south of Jargalant is a series of rough-hewn burial mounds and cairns. They're lonely and mysterious, particularly the tomb that serves as the base for a twisting tree.
Burial Mounds
Mongolia
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The twisty, final mountain pass (the name means 'tangled pass') before you leave the wilds of Khövsgöl aimag.
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