Into the West - Part Two : Kazakh Hospitality

Asia » Mongolia
October 10th 2007

Published: October 10th 2007

I've decided to put three seperate experiences into one blog, under one heading even though it's not strictly chronologically correct. But it sums up the wonderful hospitality we received from the Kazakh people nicely. The following events took place over a period of 9 days. When we woke up after our first night in Altai hotel it was to crystal clear blue skies and only a little slush on the gr... Read Full Entry

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Amangol's Children

Amangol With Her Prizes

Amangol's Husband, Atalkhan, With the Family's Falcon

Hatran's Herd of Goats

Me, Milking a Goat

or trying to....

Atalkhan Looking Cool

having just been thrown off the grumpy camel, covered in camel puke

Local Guy Providing Entertainment For the Foreigners

Me On A Bactrian Camel

Hatran's Extended Family

Amangol Preparing Our Milk

Amangol prepared the goat milk we milked (supplemented with plenty of yak milk) in the traditional manner - boiling it by placing hot stones in the pot. It was quite nice, but tasted slightly charred.

The Milk Is Ready To Drink

2nd October 2008

Brian
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Absolutely fascinating. I'm going to read all your blogs about your travels, bit by bit. . What an accomplished storyteller ! Where do you get the time to write AND travel ??? My eldest daughter took her young son to Sabah recently on a packaged tour for a "cultural experience " as she termed it. I'm sending her your blog address to really see what can be done. She'll have to save some $$ though. Thankyou so much for sharing your travels with this old 1960's 3rd-class backpacker fellow. Brian. PS. I now make "Hikerswool" for trampers and Hikers etc. helps to keep me contected to people who are interested in "remote" places .

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