The Animals and Nomads of the Mongolian Steppe Plains

I know that blog posts about meetings are boring to some folks, but the meetings are important to my mission in Mongolia.  Blogging about them helps me to keep up with the conversations and serve as a record of my impressions and discussions.

The cultural aspects of life in Mongolia are equally important. Everyone wants to know about real LIFE in Mongolia...the sights, sounds and goings-on.  This post is dedicated to the animals and nomads of Mongolia that I've encountered.  The photos speak for themselves.  I took these on the way to and from Khurkhorum this past weekend.  The animals have thousands acres of unfenced plains to roam usually herded by the nomads.  Enjoy!

 

My Favorite Photo of the Trip!

 

Like father, like son.  Life as a Nomad!

 

Back in Ulaanbaatar

Took an incredible 3 day journey to the countryside this weekend and just returned to UB.  I'm pretty wiped out so this will be short.  I wanted to post a few photos to tantalize you...HAHA!  I took more than 800 photos.  You know how this works...I'm going through them all and picking out the best.  I'll post a few on the blog and create a link to a photo upload service so that you can see them at your leisure.

Enjoy!

We stayed in a Ger camp last night.  These were my digs! (Night before last, we stayed in a privately-owned Ger.  That one gets its own special post because it was an exprerience unlike any other!)

 

Hatnaa and me at the Erdene Zuu Monastery - Mongolia's first Buddhist monastery founded in 1586.

 

 

Bactrian Camels (double-hump) on the steppe plains of Central Mongolia.