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Tagong Horse festival

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August 6th 2009
After we left Gonga Shan we left at 6 in the morning to hike out 4 hours. We then got picked up by our faithful minivan driver in the middle of nowhere. We were then whisked 6 hours to Tagong on through backroads and even one field path. Once in Tagong we met Djorge who took our group and a group of french and spanish out to where we hoped on horses. These horses were not as docile as our previous ... read more

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