desolate

Desolate. Not Empty.

Yurt Camp

Ethnoaul Kogez

Shetpe Village

Mangystau Region

Kazakhstan

October 18, 2018

 

In the Mangystau Region, 25% larger than France, the desert appears desolate and empty.  

 

But life abounds.

Three pilgrimage sites built by the Eighteenth Century Sufi mystic, Beket-Ata..

An oasis appears.  Lovely flowers and plants grow alongside a salty stream.  Too salty for fish.

A Yurt Camp provides warm, comfortable bedding and hearty meals. 

Livestock everywhere.