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Horse's Eye

In the horse's eye, I am just a speck in the center of an immense lanscape and blue skies.


Prayer cloth

Mongolians practice Tibetan Buddhism, which has made a rapid comeback after the damage of the Soviet era. As I composed a picture our curious driver driver grabbed, serendipitiously providing the missing human element from the religious picture.


Horhock

Hospitalitiy frequently centers around offerings of mutton, ayrag, and vodka, hence a goat was killed for the foreign guests. The meat was cut into manageable chunks and tossed into this homemade pressure cooker along with hot stones, onions, and fermented mare's milk. The result was fabulous, juicy meat and heart-stopping gravy that attracted visitors from all around the valley.

Meat, cheeses, and milk are the favored dietary staples, possibly an open rejection of the Chinese diet of vegetables and fish. As a Mongolian saying goes: "Meat for man, leaves for animals."