horsing around

Scenes from the Naadam horse race day.  (This race has been held annually for hundreds of years.)

(not a horse)

(also not a horse)

horses, with riders (all children, as young as five years old)

khuushuur stand; i.e., food, which eventually becomes more interesting than far-off horses

The same day, we went to a national park to see wild horses:

Mongolia has the best clouds:

Seeing horses was interesting.  Riding them was even better.  At camp we had a trail ride - a real trail ride, trotting across the prairie to some caves.  On the way back, as dusk was coming on, a thunderstorm rolled in.  We cantered back home to camp amid lightning and thunder and pounding rain.