Stephen Bosello - Impressions of life in China

In Mongul - Inner Mongolia

June 28, 2006

The tent, the lawn and the horse

Stefano Bosello articoli Cina - Nei mongul Inner mongolia

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

Stefano Bosello articoli Cina - Nei mongul Inner mongolia

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

Stefano Bosello articoli Cina - Nei mongul Inner mongolia

I must say that for a horse places are a paradise: all green, hills, space, few humans. And in fact they are released, so for example next to the group trotted freely in our 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, in the hills.

Stefano Bosello articoli Cina - Nei mongul Inner mongolia

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-snacks?): Milk-tea (the drink typical, salt), butter and dried meat. The video is available here (900 Kb) . Remember that you need the DivX Player 6 or higher.

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  1. You're getting almost lyrical in your descriptions.
    Writing a book is not it?

    Comment by Patrick [Visitor] - June 30, 2006 @ 2:52 am

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