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Eagle hunters

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October 13, 2018

Portraits of eagle hunters shooted during the Golden Eagle Festival 2018.
 

 


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Exploring the far… far west

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October 12, 2018

This was our first expedition in our trip around Asia. We departed from Ulaanbaatar, the capital city, on a local flight to the city of Ölgii in the province of Bayan-Ölgii, a region where the majority of the population is Kazakh, the second largest ethnic group in Mongolia. As…


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The art of throat singing

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October 5, 2018

During our trip around western Mongolia we stopped in the village of Tsengel, where we met D. Batsukh, a local tuvan throat singer.

Locally called as “Khöömei” (meaning “throat” in tuvan), throat singing is an ancient cultural expression from the tuvan peoples in Mongolia, one of the 20 ethnic groups…


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Meet the Kazakhs

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October 1, 2018

We departed from UB to start an amazing 2 weeks trip to the northwest of Mongolia in a local flight to the city of Ölgii, located in the Bayan-Ölgii province and very close to the borders with Russia and China. Beside the astonishing landscapes of steppes, mountains, lakes and…


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Mongolia Photos

Gandantegchinlen Monastery

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September 27, 2018

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The monastery was constructed by order of the 5th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu in 1809. The first temple was the Gungaachoilin Datsan. Only one wooden pillar remains from this temple. In 1838, the Gandantegchenlin Temple was built along with the private residence of the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu. The 13th…


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City Mongolia

Welcome to UB

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September 27, 2018

Perhaps you heard about Mongolia or the legendary Genghis Kahn after watching Netflix’s Marco Polo series?…
If you don’t, let me tell you a little more about this amazing country.
Mongolia is democratic country located in Central Asia, surrounded by two communist monsters: China and Rusia. With lands full of vast…


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City Turkey

Stopover in Istanbul

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September 26, 2018

Let’s go to Mongolia but before exploring the vast plains of this beautiful country of Central Asia, we make a one day stopover in Istanbul history to discover the alleys of this millenarian city.
We enjoy the day with the classic visit of the Blue Mosque before joining Hagia Sophia.
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Lego safety video

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September 26, 2018

It’s not common not to get bored while watching a safety video on a plane, but Turkish Airline did it!!!

They had the good idea to use Lego movie’s characters to make this funny video.

We loved it!


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Preparation

The departure !!!

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September 25, 2018

1,2, 3, here we go!!!!!
After a month recovering from our wedding, processing visas, gathering all the equipment we need, having weird vaccinations, stopping at least 10 times to Decathlon, and drinking litters of wine with friends and family during our multiple farewell celebrations in France, we are finally ready…

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Two animals from different worlds (France and Peru) but we share something in common: the need to explore.