I was visiting a Mongolian friend's family in the countryside. Lots of children around and one of the teenage boys was showing me their horses. Everyone learns to ride in Mongolia and so the little boys on this horse are perfectly happy and...
Children in Mongolia learn to ride almost before they can walk. These four boys are cousins who live on the Mongolian steppes and their families herd goats, sheep, cattle and horses. The photo was taken in Khovsgul aimag in Mongolia near Muron...
This man is a woodcarver and his name is Gotchoo. The little carved snuff bottle in his hand is one of the most beautifully carved objects I have ever seen-entirely covered with intricate and symbolic carvings. It is used in a little greeting...
This couple in traditional Mongolian garb are relatives of my host family and we have just been visiting them during Tsgaan Sar in February 2009. Tsgaan Sar means white month celebrating Buddhist lunar new year.
This photo of Judy (Volunteer) milking a hainag was taken in the summer of 2009 in Rinchinlumbe, Khovsgul, Mongolia. A hainag is a cross between a yak and a cow.
Lake Khuvsgol is the largest lake in Mongolia--known as the Dark Blue Pearl. The water is so clear and pure and when it freezes, you can see deeply down into it. Every winter there is an ice festival on the lake with wonderful ice sculptures and...
This photo was taken in the countryside about an hour's drive west of Muron, Khuvsgul, Mongolia in 2009. I was staying at a friend's ger camp on a high bluff looking out over the Delgermuron River--a broad grassland with little stream's running...
[adapted from Wikipedia] An ovoo is a type of shamanistic cairn found in Mongolia, usually made from rocks or from wood. Ovoos are often found at the top of mountains and in high places, like mountain passes. They serve mainly as religious sites,...
The extended family of my host family during training in the summer of 2008. The head of family is Tsetsgey, second from left. Her two daughters center front and two grandchildren front. I am second from right with Tsetsgey's sister.