Eagle hunter

Eagle Hunter

Our first stop was at an Eagle Hunter home ie Mr Manaa's house. It was just a quick stop for lunch (we will be back to the house Day 7 for some activities with the eagle hunter). 

Whilst waiting for lunch, Mr Manaa's son brought out the eagle they uses for hunting and of course the tourist us took the chance to slip into the traditional eagle hunter costume and took some snaps with the eagle (if repeated rounds of photos and videos qualifies for snaps 😝)..

Before that, I saw a motorcycle and the biker in me kept pushing for a ride. The owner kindly lent me his bike and I rode around the open landscape for a while and now I can claim that I have ridden a motorbike in Mongolia 😁.

We were called in for lunch and wallah, this is our first taste of Beshbarmak. Beshbarmak is a traditional Kazakh meal which means five fingers, made from boiled sheep (boiled for at least 3/4 hours), normally served when they have special guests coming (in this case its us 😀). As its name, its served in a big 'plate' (something like dulang in Malay) and all of us gather around to eat it with barehands. For us Malay, we can do so with no problem. Initially I saw some white pieces in the dish which I thought was the sheep skin and deep down I prayed that they don't pick it and ask me to eat it..I seated silently, picking the meats only and avoiding the white piece until 'Apam' (grandma in Kazakh) told us that it is homemade pasta. I immediately grab it and eat it and ahhhh it tasted delicious. What an introduction to Kazakh culture 👍

 My next profession? 

 Pzah taking a ride..habis pancit tayar 

 Our first introduction to the local bank 😅

 I can claim that I have rode a bike in Mongolia 😁

 Mr Manaa; retired eagle hunter..maybe I will be next?

 The one next to me was a Kazakh wrestler

Beshbarmak (5 fingers)

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