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Mongolia Learning a new game, ass-attack

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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 5 October 2024


The last evening of our own four-day horse riding tour was probably unprecedented. First, we plundered almost the entire beer supply at a nearby ger camp. Then, we played the Mongolian version of the Russian card game Durak with our guides. And finally, the evening ended in “ass-attack,” a game invented by our guide where you had to unexpectedly push someone else with your butt against theirs (don’t ask why, we were just trying to be open to Mongolian culture). Then, we joined another group with a campfire who had watched our activities with wonder and now understood why there was only one beer left for them at the adjacent ger camp.

 


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Traveled route: Ulaanbaatar, Kharkhorin, Hatgal, Khorgo, Tstetserleg, Red Waterfall, Zamiin-Uud
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