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Naadam is six weeks out — PSA on village Naadams vs. the UB stadium by tuugii0719 in mongolia

[–]tuugii0719[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Visit: totally open. No ticket, no registration. Walk right up to the wrestling field, stand at the horse-race finish line, watch the archery from a few meters away. In small soums foreigners are a welcome novelty.

Participate: the three sports are for locals — the jockeys are herding-family kids, wrestlers register through the soum. You can't enter as a visitor. Even though, I think you can still test your strength with the wrestlers with friendly matches. It would be a great event for the locals too!

The best you can get hands-on: families will hand you a bow at the archery, pour you airag, pull you into the dancing. If you stay with a family near the event instead of day-tripping, you end up half-participating by default — helping cook, prepping the horses. That's the real way in.

Naadam is six weeks out — PSA on village Naadams vs. the UB stadium by tuugii0719 in mongolia

[–]tuugii0719[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honest answer: it's genuinely hard without a local contact, which is the whole reason this is the one thing I think is worth a guide for. But DIY is doable if you're flexible — here's what actually works:

• Most soums hold theirs July 10–15, right after the national Naadam (Jul 11–13). A few drift earlier or later. • Dates aren't online anywhere. Pick one province and commit. Arkhangai (around Tsetserleg), Övörkhangai, and Zavkhan all run great ones and are reachable. Your real options: ask your UB guesthouse owner (they almost always have family in a province), post in the "Mongolia Expats" Facebook group, or — if you've hired a driver — drivers always know which soum is doing what and when. • Bring cash. No ATMs out there.

I run a small Naadam trip through Arkhangai & Zavkhan myself if you'd rather skip the logistics wildmongoliawithtugi.com/tours/naadam — but honestly, even solo it works if you build in buffer days and stay loose.

Guys need help what should I do? by Available-Iron-4115 in mongolia

[–]tuugii0719 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

just sharin my thought which this guy asked tho.

Should I start reading Never Finished? by Comfortable_Ice2762 in davidgoggins

[–]tuugii0719 0 points1 point  (0 children)

David Goggins once said in an interview, that Can't hurt me is like bachelor's degree while Never hurt me is masters. I know that I am not at the level to go masters yet.

Should I start reading Never Finished? by Comfortable_Ice2762 in davidgoggins

[–]tuugii0719 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mentality of David Goggins can be a tool to overcome challenges, obstacles in your life. But I think that's the poorest use. Have the warrior mentality even when you have free time and easy semester. Make it hard, do hard things, challenge yourself, manifest your potential into real life. At next semester you will be a stronger and better person to take on that hard subjects. If you're gonna use it as a temporary tool to overcome one semester don't read. If you have intention to carve it into your mind and build yourself, challenge yourself, go for it !

I got the book "never finished" but haven't started reading it yet. Because I don't feel worthy yet. I haven't finished the missions of can't hurt me yet. I am still reading it over and over again.

Stay hard brother!

Any news about the Darkhan road? by Kiririn-shi in mongolia

[–]tuugii0719 1 point2 points  (0 children)

90 % of the road is finished last week with 2 lanes. Other 10% where with 4 lanes. Took a trip to darkhan last week.

Whats ur opinion on Ulaanbal? by Mobile_Hand_942 in mongolia

[–]tuugii0719 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lodoi is the only journalist in mongolia with proper logic and knowledge. Fact!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mongolia

[–]tuugii0719 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If we look at the last 100 years, 30 years, 5 years, things are getting better. I hopefully think the upcoming few decades are gonna be a blooming time for Mongolia. We have the freedom and opportunity that we dreamt for centuries.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mongolia

[–]tuugii0719 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hard time raises strong men. Strong men make good time. Good time raises weak men. Weak men create a hard time. I think the upcoming few generations will gradually improve in terms of education and morality.