Tagged: horses

Disaster Strikes

We know it’s going to be a brutal ride out from the reindeer people – six full days, seven hours a day, riding fast as...

Horses, mountains and fresh grass en route to the Darkhad Depression, Mongolia.

Best… Ger… EVER

This is the view from the best ger ever, a herd of horses passing by, untrimmed manes trailing in the breeze. It is, in fact,...

Khovsgol Nuur - beach and stump and reflecting waters.

On Khovsgol Nuur

There’s a pleasant rhythm to a long journey, and within an hour or so we’re in it: spotting the different types of wildflowers, keeping an...

Zac emerging from our ger in Khatgal.

Horses and Khatgal

“When I was 17,” Ganbaa explains, “I was a wrestler. And a group of us went to Russia, wrestling. There were no tall buildings in...

Mountains in Songpan, northern China

The Beauty of Tibet on Horseback

The mountains outside Songpan, where northern China gives way to old Tibet, are some of the most beautiful we’ve visited. Alpine meadows give onto vistas...