Horsetrails – News from Harhorin

There usually isn’t enough snow to make igloos in Mongolia, but this year snow falls were quite big and it might might have been possible to build one. Instead of making one for fun, mongolian yurt (ger) are more comfortable we decided to use that extra snow to protect our horses from the wind.

With this additional wall layer our horses were entirely protected from northern and western wind during the night.

A little owl as settle in our horses’ camp. This bird also known as Athena’s owl, was considered in ancient Greece as a symbol of wisdom and carried by the goddess Athena (with shield and spear), as the artifact of her wisdom. Athena was famous for being goddess of war, but she was also goddess of wisdom.

Lets hope it will give us the wisdom to shelter and protect our horses through the winter. A very good sign for new year.

Since last winter has been very hard and the wind blowing in an unlikely direction we are now building a better shelter for our horses, they will soon be protected from the wind, where ever it might be blowing from.

France and especially Paris as been subject to traffic messiness due to temperatures slightly below 0°C whereas in Harhorin temperatures are -30°C and below and traffic pretty much as usual.

Even now at the beginning of Mongolian winter, some adventurous tourists left Harhorin. On snow in the sun they left by horse to discover the other face of Mongolia. In winter the air in cold and dry. The sky is blue and the light is strong on the snow. But the heart of Mongolia is still beating. Slowing. Peacefully.

In winter the men and animals are quiet. Time is flowing unexpectedly fast. The routine of life make it flow faster. Days become weeks. Weeks become month and before you realize it the long expected spring is back.

Due to some hackers attack on our blog. It has been temporarily interrupted. The blog is back online. Until the next successful attack. That is the rule of the hide and seek game that webmeisters and hackers are playing against each other.

I hope my fix up keeps me out of trouble for a while.

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