Goat herder family village visit- inside
29 września 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ☁️ 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 entering Czytaj więcej
Goat herder family visit - outside
29 września 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Gobi random photos and facts
29 września 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Big day today- laundry done!
30 września 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 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 left Czytaj więcej
Chinggis Khan Statue complex
1 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 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 is Czytaj więcej
Terelj national park and monastery
1 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 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 Terelj Czytaj więcej
Hustai National Park and
2 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ☁️ 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 Hustai Czytaj więcej
Hustai National Park to UB
3 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 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 of Czytaj więcej
Dinosaurs in the mall!!
3 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Sculptures in UB
3 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 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 sculptures Czytaj więcej
2am start UB to Ulgii- Kazahk county
4 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -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 were Czytaj więcej
Ulgii market and random eagle hunters!
4 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -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 Phil Czytaj więcej
Jinsbek the most handsome eagle hunter
4 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
This was the hunter we were arranged to visit!!
https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/gyzjn3/meet-…
This was an Czytaj więcej
We get to hold a Golden Eagle!!
4 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
The Eagle Festival - day 1 post 1 of 75!
5 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 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 on Czytaj więcej
Eagle Festival videos
5 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 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 off Czytaj więcej
Eagle Festival videos of the start
5 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
A visual and auditory feast!!
Kazakh "concert"
5 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -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 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -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 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 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 decided Czytaj więcej
Eagle Festival Day 2 - am more photos
6 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Eagle Festivel Day 2 - am more photos
6 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Eagle Festival Day 2 - closing ceremony
6 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -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!!)
The Czytaj więcej
Eagle festival competition- coin pick up
6 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
Eagle Featival- kiss and whip chase
6 października 2019, Mongolia ⋅ 🌙 -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 ferocious Czytaj więcej
























































































































































































































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I would love to do that.