After months in a city with millions of inhabitants, where there are always people and you're never alone, finding yourself in a place where the spaces are dilated and humans disappear made me feel a po'frastornato. Or maybe it was just the baijiu (typically, a distillate Chinese) Mongolian introduced to me as "naijiu" (nai means milk, but I wanted to investigate further). In the evening there was a show in the square, certainly a lot of Kitcher (The Golden Khan megagengis center stage, but from), but also a lot of tradition and local custom. The megabraciere that warmed the heart a po'gli spectators, the music of traditional instruments, dancing around the final focus (photo below, with an expression that speaks for itself).

And everything went cold, as if to say, you wanted to be Mongolian? And do it all the way now. That's why I had to bring my jacket. The hot day above 30 degrees is transformed here into a cold night of 7-8 degrees. And I was able to discover a constant (it seems) in all of China: it is not known if they have produced too many or stolen, or replaced, the fact is that this country seems to have a sovrapresenza of military uniforms, now recycled and rented a little ' everywhere.

Reason for fashionable holiday survival in the cold night and a few minutes looking up or, in other words, the stars. Despite my total ignorance on the subject I love them. Often, in the mountains because I love to watch the city lights of the cover. Here in China everything is exponential in the city do not see nearly so, a little 'because it is large, a po'perchè pollution is appalling. At the same time there in the middle of nowhere, I saw the biggest night sky of my life. 360 degrees without a cloud, without a light. Spectacular .. How dramatic was the awakening night after night is not exactly warm. A video comically sad, you can also give an idea of the show the day before, is available here (1.90 Mb) . Remember that you need the DivX Player 6 or higher.

And for the umpteenth time I come home totally Stonfo (technical vocabulary). We were so relaxed, in the shops to buy something Wanfujing when the first signs of what would have been rained on our heads. If you remember the first article on the rain I'm sure you understand how much I lack in the first three months of stay here. Now when it rains it gets too hot. When it rains too polluted. Come to think about that or the Chinese are incredibly lucky, or have found the right god ... Or, as it seems, simply because they have made ​​up the largest fleet of aircraft and missiles for the artificial rain.

Wanting to pass a humorous stereotype, we can say that even the rain here is not original. (If you do not believe you can make a leap here )

Grassland. No matter how much grass I expected, would never be enough. An hour's drive, and only the endless expanses of grass, big and small hillocks. As mentioned, the detailed schedule of the visits was in Chinese, so percu every day I learned through experience the meaning of words and place names. The surprises are not lacking, and one of the most pleasing was that of a typical night in a Mongolian tent.

The camp, in the midst of this wonder of nature, was formed by dozens of tents, with strict door facing south, and with a megapiazzale for common events. The time to settle down and eat, to walk in the green Andaman. ... But Horse! And you see that I understand! Ready away, after more than ten years I find myself riding a quadruped.

I must say that for a horse these places are a paradise: all green hills, space, few humans. And indeed they are released, so for example next to our party trotted freely in the small, and some more. It takes little to think of an ancient Mongol warrior, used to travel thousands of kilometers. That's how they've done to reach the gates of Europe in such a short time. Green, the green to the horizon, the hills.

After a nice hike up to the "meeting point Mongol", a mixture of point of meeting and worship, we go into a tent for a typical xiaochi (appetizer-snack?): Milk-tea (the typical drink, salt), butter and dried meat. The video is available here (900 Kb) . Remember that you need the DivX Player 6 or higher.