Petrofliffs

The petrogliffs are one of the most famous sites in the gobi-no tourist can miss them. They are ancient writings in rocks-like hieroglyphics but in Mongolia, I told the students at lunch as asked if they wanted to take an afternoon off from hiking and touring in the host Gobi sun or or go to see the Petogliffs. Despite some stomach sicknesses every student decided to make the hike-which seemed like an endless assent to another “last cliff” in search of the ancient writings. When we reached the top the hyped up writings disappointed some students as there were only a few faint goats on the rocks. I was really proud of the students who climbed even feeling a little sick because they told me they didn’t want to miss out on the experience. I was amazed that the writings are there for anyone to hike and look at and not behind bars or glass in a museum.