Goat herder family village visit- inside
29 Eylül 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ☁️ 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 enteringOkumaya devam et
Goat herder family visit - outside
29 Eylül 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Gobi random photos and facts
29 Eylül 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Big day today- laundry done!
30 Eylül 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ⛅ 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 leftOkumaya devam et
Chinggis Khan Statue complex
1 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ⛅ 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 isOkumaya devam et
Terelj national park and monastery
1 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ⛅ 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 TereljOkumaya devam et
Hustai National Park and
2 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ☁️ 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 HustaiOkumaya devam et
Hustai National Park to UB
3 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofOkumaya devam et
Dinosaurs in the mall!!
3 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Sculptures in UB
3 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ ⛅ 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 sculpturesOkumaya devam et
2am start UB to Ulgii- Kazahk county
4 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -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 wereOkumaya devam et
Ulgii market and random eagle hunters!
4 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -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 PhilOkumaya devam et
Jinsbek the most handsome eagle hunter
4 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
This was the hunter we were arranged to visit!!
https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/gyzjn3/meet-…
This was anOkumaya devam et
We get to hold a Golden Eagle!!
4 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
The Eagle Festival - day 1 post 1 of 75!
5 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 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 onOkumaya devam et
Eagle Festival videos
5 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 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 offOkumaya devam et
Eagle Festival videos of the start
5 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
A visual and auditory feast!!
Kazakh "concert"
5 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -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 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -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 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 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 decidedOkumaya devam et
Eagle Festival Day 2 - am more photos
6 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Eagle Festivel Day 2 - am more photos
6 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Eagle Festival Day 2 - closing ceremony
6 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -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!!)
TheOkumaya devam et
Eagle festival competition- coin pick up
6 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
Eagle Featival- kiss and whip chase
6 Ekim 2019, Moğolistan ⋅ 🌙 -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 ferociousOkumaya devam et
























































































































































































































Gezgin
I would love to do that.