MONGOLIA - 2017
This trip was the maiden voyage for Shamanic Voyages as we invited the participants to discover Mongolia through Mongolian shamanism. It was an opportunity for cultural as well as shamanic exchanges. As it was our first trip, we were on a learning curve and didn’t work on a travelog for this adventure. We did take photos though! Over 2000 of them! Below is a small sampling of them. While there, we shared shamanic practices, ceremonies and rituals to honor the Spirits and Mother Earth, and we got to know our hosts and each other among the incredible beauty of this magnificent land.
Lunch on the steppes
Temple ruins
A view within the ruins
The local variety of lavendar, a natural insect repellant
The fence is to keep the livestock out rather than in
Flying a kite with the children
After a breakdown, walking the last few kilometers into the camp in the Orkon Valley
The Orkon Valley
A view of the Valley from camp
Outside the kitchen tent
After dinner conversation
An offering to the spirits of food and fermented mares milk
Our first Orkon Valley rainbow
Nearing sunset
Camp
Yaks afoot
More yaks
Collecting water at the spring
Our mascot 'Biquette'
On the road again...
A poignant image, a wheelchair empty, in the middle of the steppes.
Pitching in to clean up the river
Warming up for a race
On the lake
A local with his pipe
Back in Ulaanbataar
Our last night
Our group and support staff, the very best