Mongolia 2017 Team’s Eagle Hunter visit

 

Hello Everyone,

Today after breakfast and another visit this morning with our local family friends we headed on down the road to the village of Sagsai where we visited an accomplished horseman and eagle hunter. This is one of the highlights of this unique trip. Not only do we get to hike and climb but the cultural experiences and interacting with the locals is one of my favorite parts of the trip. This young man let is into his home and also showed us his Eagle’s and incredible skills as a horseman. It was a great afternoon with more photos to come!

After that, we drove another hour to Olgii, where we got settled into our Ger camp for the evening, complete with Wifi, and of course Showers! We did some shopping in Olgii and also visited the local museum before heading back to the Ger camp to have our last dinner with some of our local staff. We are off to bed now and getting up early for a morning flight back to UB. Thanks for following along,

Ben Jones

 

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