day 2 in central mongolia

So we left Terjl this morning to head for Hustai National park. It is where all the wild horses are. We stop at a cave where 100 Llamas hid during the communist purges in the 30's. Amazing to think 100 people lived in a small dark area. The monks managed to avoid being killed. yeahhh monks.

We arrived in Hustai at 12:30 just in time for lunch. Of course it was anothe 5* affair. I am gla

d we got to see the real mongolia first. Probably allot of people only stay in these monster ger camps and never interact with the people in the countryside. But... I can check my email here.

Tonight after dinner when it is cooler and the horses come down to eat we will go looking for them. lets hope they are wanting to visit.

So before we went to the horses we got a real treat. what a surprise to find out that some throat singers and horse head fiddlers our coming to have a concert. It was my last thing on the list to see. Didn't think it would happen as most of the throat singers are in the west and we can't make it there. The performance was truly amazing. These men can do things with their voice that dosen't sound human. I had tears in my eyes from the awe inspiring performance. At the end we visited with one of the singers and it turned out that he sang for the opening ceremonies for the Olympics. He spoke pretty good english and said his favorite part of canada is Banff. He is coming back in Oct to do another concert. He has sung for the queen recently. we bought his CD "of course" so you can all here when we get home.

Then after we had another 4 course dinner. and then drove to see the endangered Taki horses. These horses are the only remaining species from the original horses. they had shipped some of these horses to another country 100 yrs ago to help another country restore their numbers. Then in 1960 mongolias numbers of Taki horses sent to 0. In 1966 The former country donated 18 horses back and now there are 250. We got to see alot of them and some babies. These horses look kinda like a zebra with out the stripes. They have a rounded face with very short manes. Big eyes and dark feet. The park we stayed in has alot of rangers to protect them from us humans and wolves. What a special day. The luck of the canadians is continuing.