The Khiimori Journal

Stories from the steppe — culture, craft, spirit, and the landscapes that shape them.

11 min read
Culture
The Kharkhorin 820: The Tour I Built for a Year That Won’t Come Back

I went to Naadam in Ulaanbaatar last summer. Three hours of traffic to get there. Then slow movement…

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9 min read
Culture
What actually happens on the The Arkhangai Naadam Passage

Every year thousands of tourists fly to Ulaanbaatar for Naadam. They watch wrestling in a stadium. They watch…

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12 min read
Essay
A Different First Trip to Mongolia: The Journey I Wanted to Exist

Most people land in Ulaanbaatar and immediately try to get out of it. The city feels wrong to…

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4 min read
Culture
Why I Built Khiimori World Instead of Recommending Another Mongolia Tour

The DMs started before I had a company. I was posting from Mongolia, from Buryatia, from the steppe,…

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5 min read
Culture
You Didn’t See Mongolia. You Saw a Surface.

Most people who go to Mongolia see a version of it. A packaged version — all cleaned up,…

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4 min read
Culture
What Khiimori Actually Means (And Why “Wind Horse” Doesn’t Cover It)

Someone will tell you khiimori means Wind Horse. Maybe you already read it. Google it right now and…

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5 min read
Culture
I Had Everything I Was Supposed to Want. Then I Found a Word for What Was Missing

Okay so this is going to sound like a cliché. I know it is. But I need to…

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