As part of HBA (Harvard Beijing Academy), every student got to go on a social studies trip to a different part of China for a week over the 4th of July. I went to Inner Mongolia with a bunch of other students and a few of our teachers. Besides the fun stuff we also interviewed locals to write a long report in Chinese at the end (mine was on the linguistic situation.)
Link to an awesome video made by a couple of friends, does the trip better justice than my photos below can: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwZCrXOb2GL4TjdxZ3V0X3dFWXM/view?usp=sharing
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| Bullet train to from Beijing to Inner Mongolia for a weeklong trip |
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| Triple bunks |
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| One week in Inner Mongolia, one backpack, no problem |
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Hohhot, the provincial capital, a thriving city
You can see the Mongolian and Mandarin on all signs (as mandated by gov policy)
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The first round of yurts where we spent the night
(latrines were a hole in the ground behind that brick wall in the distance) |
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| We even got to enjoy fireworks on the plains outside of our yurts on the 4th of July. |
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| Intestines from the lamb we just saw killed (by method of a herdsman slicing its chest and reaching in to grab its heart) |
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| Watching a wrestling competition |
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| Interviewing locals as research for a report we had to write on any aspect of Inner Mongolia society |
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| The second camp of yurts where we stayed |
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| Witnessing the advent of a storm that only happens once or twice a year on the plains |
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| We went horse riding later that day in a way only possible in a country with so few safety regulations |
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| Traditional Mongolian dancing performance |
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| Mausoleum of Genghis Khan |
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| His burial place is actually a secret, but here his personal artifacts are worshipped |
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| Riding a gondola through the desert |
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| Riding camels in the desert |
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| My bactrian was a little tired |
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| Four-wheeling in the desert |
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| Zip-lining in the desert |
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| Sand sliding in the desert |
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| Riding a chairlift in the desert |
Off-roading in the desert
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| Da Zhao Lamasery |
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| Visiting a local school |
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| Dragon dance performance put on by students |
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| When ball is lyfe, but you gotta tour a milk factory |
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| Meng Niu milk factory |
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Enjoying alfresco Mongolia barbecue of lamb (what else?)
Mongolian cuisine consists of everything non-vegan,
so mainly lamb and dairy products (milk candy!) |
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