Bayanjargal

(via Mongolia Cultural Tour | Ottsworld Travel Experiences)

craftyacademy — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:49:05 -0400

(via Mongolia Cultural Tour | Ottsworld Travel Experiences)

MONGOLIA 2-063bis (by frieda ryckaert)

craftyacademy — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:03:21 -0400

MONGOLIA 2-063bis (by frieda ryckaert)

MONGOLIA 2-175bis (by frieda ryckaert)

craftyacademy — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:02:10 -0400

MONGOLIA 2-175bis (by frieda ryckaert)

ninewhitebanners: Tourists camping under the stars in Dundgovi...

craftyacademy — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:02:04 -0400

ninewhitebanners:

Tourists camping under the stars in Dundgovi aimag. Outside of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s stars are amazing.

faernspan: (via The Clean Socks Project: A Documentary on...

craftyacademy — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:02:26 -0400

faernspan:

(via The Clean Socks Project: A Documentary on Mongolian Contortion)

Whoa! Gotta see this!

ninewhitebanners: Young buddhist monks goofing off at a...

craftyacademy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:01:04 -0400

ninewhitebanners:

Young buddhist monks goofing off at a homemade playground behind the Erdene Zeu monastery in Kharkhorin.

Photo

craftyacademy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:02:23 -0400

ninewhitebanners: The Mongolian Street Art Festival was last...

craftyacademy — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:03:57 -0400

ninewhitebanners:

The Mongolian Street Art Festival was last week. About 50 artists worked together painting about 200 square meters of mural and displaying art and videos about the future, tradition, and modernity.

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craftyacademy — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:03:42 -0400

worldwidespaces: September snow in Ulaanbaatar

craftyacademy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:42:34 -0400

worldwidespaces:

September snow in Ulaanbaatar

(via Current Project: The Vanishing Cultures Project) Nomads, no...

craftyacademy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:47:55 -0400

(via Current Project: The Vanishing Cultures Project)

Nomads, no more?

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craftyacademy — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:32:41 -0400

battlefoxes: I <3 UB Ulaanbaatar gets a bad rap in just...

craftyacademy — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:56:41 -0400

First day in UB found a game of hoops

Little square area near my hostel

First evening in UB

View from the Veranda Italian restaurant

battlefoxes:

I <3 UB

Ulaanbaatar gets a bad rap in just about any travel guide or travel site you read and frankly I think its pretty unfair. I love UB and found it to be a beautiful and vibrant city with different looks, friendly people and an electric pulse that coursed through the streets. Things are happening in UB, good things and the evidence is everywhere. The city does have its rough edges and dark side but any good city with a solid personality has these things. The wealth gap is very visible and immense but that happens in ever young, developing nation of the modern era. Ulaanbaatar can be dangerous to foreigners but usually if you’re not very bright or unaware of your surroundings. It reminded me of San Francisco in the 1800’s. A boomtown that was wild yet springing forward in great leaps due to wealth flowing into the city. The Wild West with iPhones. If you give it a chance and explore the city you will find its charming ruggedness, appreciate its beauty in multiple forms and forgive its flaws. UB has a lot of qualities I like in women so its no surprise I fell in love with the city.

Well said! I’ve never though of UB personified as a woman though.

cosmonautcc: Kublai Khan A wonderful, wonderful portrait. Used...

craftyacademy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:02:31 -0400

cosmonautcc:

Kublai Khan

A wonderful, wonderful portrait. Used to carry it in my wallet for a while, as if he was a family member.

“Kublai Khan was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294 and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China.”

eximago: Mongolian wrestlers According to legend, a wrestler...

craftyacademy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:49:04 -0400

eximago:

Mongolian wrestlers

According to legend, a wrestler effortlessly defeated all the fellow combatants until she ripped open her shirt to reveal her breasts and that she a was actually a woman. To prevent this from happening again, the traditional top, called a jodag, has the combatant’s chest exposed.

So pretty!!

craftyacademy — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:40:50 -0400

bridgitb:

Mongolian hair ornament, brass, pearls, and black agate

I didn’t buy enough jewels when I was there!

absolutemartian: Horses in Mongolia.

craftyacademy — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:00:56 -0400

absolutemartian:

Horses in Mongolia.

thesmallphotog: Even in the far reaches of rural steppe...

craftyacademy — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:51:17 -0400

thesmallphotog:

Even in the far reaches of rural steppe Mongolia, the nomadic, pastoral communities have appropriated products of industrialisation into their daily lives. Plastic bottles instead of leather bags hold their favourite fermented mare’s milk, while children and adults own a mixed wardrobe of t-shirts and dels. A new Mongolia emerges, but new perhaps only in form - after all, it should be unsurprising that the descendants of Genghis Khan have an eye on the rest of the world.

loose-socks: Cold winter by goznaraw on Flickr.

craftyacademy — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:54:06 -0400

loose-socks:

Cold winter by goznaraw on Flickr.

fastforwardtime: Mongolia by nicole.harsono on Flickr.

craftyacademy — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:00:50 -0400

fastforwardtime:

Mongolia by nicole.harsono on Flickr.