If you haven't already read the earlier post about the Naadam opening ceremonies, wrestling and archery, you can do so now. The horse races take place at a considerable distance from the city of Ulan Bator, not least because there isn't a race track in the conventional sense, though there is a finishing line. But racing involves gallopping about ( Read more... )

My friends, I spoke too early. Only yesterday I finished uploading all the Naadam photos, and there is no way I can present them only in one single post. I'll have to split the festival up. This is both due to all the spectacle there was, and due to the fact your faithfull chronicler was now armed with a proper camera again, having returned to the ( Read more... )