Tricia Pearsall joined the nomads of Mongolia as they crossed the Kharkhiraa Mountains.
Ochiroo, the camel man
Shinee, Mongolian guide
Gers
Inside a ger
Mongolian food
Erdene Zuu exterior wall
Young boy milking goats
Guides applying make-up
Inside a ger
Ochiroo crossing the Kharkiraa River with camels
Starting the Fergon
Kazakh nomad preparing tea
Ancient deer stone
Tavn Bogd
Hunter with eagle
Hunter with eagle
Eagle
Erdene Zuu blue scarves
Mongolian highway
Young boy curling cows
Man and two sons with his motorbike
Ochiroo on horse in Kharkiraa mountains
Blessing the car
Blueberries
Pouring airag (fermented mare’s milk)
Wrestlers
Wrestlers
Wrestlers
Ovoo up close
Shinee making dinner
Otgontenger uul (Holy Eternal Snow Mountain) with statue of Ochirvaani (Protector God of Mongolia) in foreground
Tired camel
Family in Kharkhiraa Mountains
In the 13th century, Genghis Khan united the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia and founded the Mongol Empire. Today, Mongolia is a post-Soviet democracy where modern cities exist alongside mountainous terrain inhabited by nomads. TRICIA PEARSALL joined the latter, and journeyed across the Kharkhiraa Mountains via camel.
View the slideshow of photography taken by Tricia on her journey, or read the full story in our December 2011 issue.
