Friday, May 26, 2006

Mori





Some picture of the local horses.

They are much smaller than the camels, but are still the bosses of the gobi. At a watering hole, the horses drink first, then camels, goats, and finally sheep.

A favorite local beverage is airag, which is fermented mare's milk. They also occasionally eat the horses.

Horse racing here is huge. Most of the jockey's however, are 9 or 10 years old. Apparentley there is a movement to ban chlid-horse racing because the kids occasionally get hurt.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uncle Stefan,
I will take the little brown one please....

I promise to take care of him....

Stef said...

Hi Erika, I would like to bring you home a horse, but I don't think they will fit in my suitcase. See you soon.

Love,

Oncle Stefan.