Goat herder family village visit- inside
29 de setembro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
At 5pm we set off west to a local goat herder family for a “ village visit”.
Usually K and I particularly dislike this type of tourism but the next hour was actually v enjoyable.
After enteringLeia mais
Goat herder family visit - outside
29 de setembro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Gobi random photos and facts
29 de setembro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Big day today- laundry done!
30 de setembro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Woke up for the last time in our amazing ger. Breakfast and then we watched “ the Eagle Huntress” in preparation for going to the Eagle Festival in the far west of Mongolia in a few days.
We leftLeia mais
Chinggis Khan Statue complex
1 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Today we left UB in our 4 wheeled drives for 2 days in the national parks.
2 hours east of UB was our first destination- the massive statue of Chinggis ( Ghengis) Khan standing at 26m tall.
He isLeia mais
Terelj national park and monastery
1 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
After Chinggis Khan we headed deeper into the Terelj NP. Despite its impressive and awe inspiring rock formations it is full of holiday camps.
We checked into our v swanky ger for the night at TereljLeia mais
Hustai National Park and
2 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
http://www.hustai.mn/wp/language/en/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przewalski's_horse
We woke to snow this am!. We left Terelj national park this am at 10am and drive 3.5 hours to HustaiLeia mais
Hustai National Park to UB
3 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Slightly frustrating day.
Woke up in a lovely warm ger thanks to K stoking the fire all night and random bags of coal being delivered every 3 hours!
Stunning am with clear blue skies and a dusting ofLeia mais
Dinosaurs in the mall!!
3 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Sculptures in UB
3 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Yes that is correct... that is a sculpture of the Beatles!!
A photo of the “Passion Pub”!!!
State department store which is a huge department store opened since 1921 and other random sculpturesLeia mais
2am start UB to Ulgii- Kazahk county
4 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -2 °C
What a long but great day!
Sorry for the multiple posts but too many photos from today.
We were up at 2am, checked out of Ramada and got a 2.45 am pick up for the airport. Temperature -7C!!
We wereLeia mais
Ulgii market and random eagle hunters!
4 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -2 °C
After lunch we got to wander around the local market which sold everything from glass panels to fur lined leather boots, souvenirs to knock off designer underwear.
K got groped by some man whilst PhilLeia mais
Jinsbek the most handsome eagle hunter
4 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
This was the hunter we were arranged to visit!!
https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/gyzjn3/meet-…
This was anLeia mais
We get to hold a Golden Eagle!!
4 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
The Eagle Festival - day 1 post 1 of 75!
5 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
The most incredible day ever. I can’t even write about it because it was so unbelievably amazing.
I will try to post the videos taken but they may be too long. We only took a handful of photos onLeia mais
Eagle Festival videos
5 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
All day we watched the 120 competitors call their eagles down from the mountain onto their arm.
So many didn’t make it!! They circled overhead but landed outside the arena, or just buggered offLeia mais
Eagle Festival videos of the start
5 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
A visual and auditory feast!!
Kazakh "concert"
5 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
To top the Eagle Festival off we were taken to the local theatre for a show of local Kazakh dance and music- I will leave the videos to tell the story!!
Kazakh Concert part 2
5 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
It was quite mind blowing after all day at the Eagle Festival!!! K is fast asleep at 10pm and I can’t string a sentence together- watch the first video and it is clear why!!! Enjoy- we did!
Eagle Festival Day 2- am
6 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Woke a bit tired after yesterday’s excitement not sure if we were ready for more.
We got to the festival site at 8.30am, staked a spot and headed off for a walk whilst it was quiet.
K and I decidedLeia mais
Eagle Festival Day 2 - am more photos
6 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Eagle Festivel Day 2 - am more photos
6 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Eagle Festival Day 2 - closing ceremony
6 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
K and I managed to get a prime spot for the closing ceremony despite K being hassled by British tourists to allow them to take her prime spot- twankers ( it’s our new name for travel wankers!!)
TheLeia mais
Eagle festival competition- coin pick up
6 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
Eagle Featival- kiss and whip chase
6 de outubro de 2019, Mongólia ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
So in this race the couples register in pairs- the man tries to kiss the women whilst she beats him off with a whip!!!.... we didn’t see one woman kissed.... but there was some ferociousLeia mais
























































































































































































































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I would love to do that.