  It's early evening on the 12th of July. I wonder how things are in Northern Ireland (culmination of the loyalist's marching season). Well, never mind about that. I've been covering the Naadam festival. Yesterday I was at the opening ceremony, which is like a mini Olympic opening. It was really nice. Very difficult to describe, but it had everything. Gymnasts, horses, singers, soldiers etc.
After watching the ceremony - and feeling very special with my special Naadam press card - we headed out to the horseraces. The race track is about 35 kilometers outside of town. It's really nice to get out of UB. All of a sudden you remember what fresh air is. I was with another journalist from the UB Post and two journalists and a photographer from Onoodor, which is a daily from the same company.
I don't know if any of you have ever been to a horse race before, but I guarantee you that this is different. First of all the race course is over 30 kilometers long. No turns or anything. Just straight ahead from start to finish. Secondly, the jockeys are small children. I'm not good at estimating age, but I reckon that they are between&nbsp;5 and 10. Really busy at the moment. Have to cover a concert tonight, so I'll finish now. I have a lot more to tell you about Naadam later.
I'll finish with the words of of the announcer at the horse races 3 hours after the race: "Four children taken to hospital. One child missing"!!! ! 
