MONGOLIA
Flying into Ulaanbaatar we landed at the Genghis Khan International airport. Just the image of this man from history classes gave me the chills. The barbaric Mongol captured most of Asia and unified the country. UB is a modern urban city from which we webbed out to the far reaches of Western Mongolia. We traveled to the rugged Alta Mountains to photograph the eagle hunters on horseback in their full fur regalia their eagles perched on their arms. We stayed in ger camps and visited families in their homes. The offered hospitality included tea with yak milk. Not my favorite. The food in camp was delicious. We had our own chefs who cooked familiar foods with a Mongolian twist. We finished the trip by traveling to the vast dunes of the Gobi Desert to the camel herders.
