Goat herder family village visit- inside
29 сентября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ☁️ 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 enteringЧитать далее
Goat herder family visit - outside
29 сентября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Gobi random photos and facts
29 сентября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Big day today- laundry done!
30 сентября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ⛅ 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 leftЧитать далее
Chinggis Khan Statue complex
1 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ⛅ 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 isЧитать далее
Terelj national park and monastery
1 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ⛅ 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 TereljЧитать далее
Hustai National Park and
2 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ☁️ 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 HustaiЧитать далее
Hustai National Park to UB
3 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofЧитать далее
Dinosaurs in the mall!!
3 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Sculptures in UB
3 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ ⛅ 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 sculpturesЧитать далее
2am start UB to Ulgii- Kazahk county
4 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -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 wereЧитать далее
Ulgii market and random eagle hunters!
4 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -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 PhilЧитать далее
Jinsbek the most handsome eagle hunter
4 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
This was the hunter we were arranged to visit!!
https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/gyzjn3/meet-…
This was anЧитать далее
We get to hold a Golden Eagle!!
4 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
The Eagle Festival - day 1 post 1 of 75!
5 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 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 onЧитать далее
Eagle Festival videos
5 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 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 offЧитать далее
Eagle Festival videos of the start
5 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
A visual and auditory feast!!
Kazakh "concert"
5 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -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 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -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 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 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 decidedЧитать далее
Eagle Festival Day 2 - am more photos
6 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Eagle Festivel Day 2 - am more photos
6 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Eagle Festival Day 2 - closing ceremony
6 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -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!!)
TheЧитать далее
Eagle festival competition- coin pick up
6 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
Eagle Featival- kiss and whip chase
6 октября 2019 г., Монголия ⋅ 🌙 -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 ferociousЧитать далее
























































































































































































































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I would love to do that.