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We were advised not to go on the way after dawn. The family living in this gers told us to stay in their yurt overnight and gave us a warm welcome into their home. We keep our nice memory for this friendly nomad family.

Nomads seem free because they move with every season, but it is not easy. They do not move for their own sake, but for the sake of their livestock. Livestock is the measure of their wealth. It supports their very lives, so they take good care of it.

Nomads in Mongolia keep mainly cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and camels. Horses are their transportation. It was thought that horses are more fundamental than cars or even walking. In fact, there is no word for "walking" in their language (Shonandai Culture Centre, n.d.). Camels are used for their transfer but trucks are more often used now. Goats, sheeps and camels provide them with food and clothes. Nomad is one of the way of keeping and it is general pasturage style in Mongolia.

The Mongol Ger is the yurt in most common use today, being home to three-quarters of Mongolia's people. The Mongolians use the word ger, meaning home rather than yurt, which is of Russian origin. There is evidence that yurts were used by the Scythian and Pazaryk peoples 2500 years ago.

The Ger is durable, strong in high winds, it can be heated with a heater placed inside it, and by lining the inside with insulation material, whether this would consist of blankets, hides or woollen insulation panels, it can become a comfortable shelter in winter as well as in summer. Because Gers can be designed in any diameter, usually between 3 and 12 meters, it provides accommodation for a single person as well as entire families or groups, for example groups of students or participants in weekend workshops.

The inside of an Ger mostly is equipped with beautiful painted furniture, an oven and a place to sit. We stayed overnight in this Ger with great pleasure.

A ger is a Mongolian tent home. Gers are shaped like hollow balls that have been cut in half, with the flat side resting on the ground. Each ger had one doorway, no windows, and a little peak at the top to let the smoke out. Imagine living in a home that looks like a piece of candy (a hershey's kiss) 2,75 m high and 4,57 m around. A ger might look unusual but it was a comfortable home. Gers were so well constructed that it only took two hours to break down a ger, load it on one or two oxen, and be on your way, off to seek fresh pastures for your cattle.

Traditional Gers (Yurts) consist of a circular wooden frame carrying a felt cover. The felt is made from the wool of the flocks of sheep that accompany the pastoralists.

The gers are furnished with wooden furniture. The traditional arrangement is always the same: Iron stove for cooking with chimney Wood box (will be stowed with the kitchenware when not used) Low table for eating Stool in the guest area (the family area is on the right) Beds for sleeping and sitting Storage chests for personal items Chest/cupboard with altar and buddha image/statue Pantry for kitchenware and food Water bucket Equimpment for manufacturing Airak (fermented mares milk) Saddle stand Beds (or), cupboards (shkaf), chests (avdar), table (shiree) and stools (sandal) are painted with traditional Mongolian ornaments in lively colors.

An exhibit in the National Historic Museum, At the rooftop it shows Aaruul , Mongolian Yogurt from horsemilk will get dried until its adamant.

Is a luxury ger camp in Mongolia. Among tourist camps of Mongolia, Steppe Nomads is the best one, you should visit and relax in Gun-Galuut nature Reserve and stay in Mongolian Ger dwelling. We are the only ger camp that receives online reservation and online payment. Your camp booking reservation will be confirmed shortly. It is easy to book and reserve holidays in that ger camp.

Steppe Nomads Resort is open from 1 May until 1 October every year due to Mongolian sharp continental climate and cold winter. But it doesn't mean that you are not welcome to Gun-Galuut as the reserve ranger Ariunaa and her family can accommodate you with a cozy "Eco-Ger" with good bedding.

A view far into the steppe where the river find its way through the landscape. A lonely guard leves in this Ger and is observing the traffic over the Kherlen bridge.

On nearly every parcel a ger (yurt) gives the home for the local villagers who prefer staying in the ger that in a shabby hut.

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It should have been our destination the night before, when we got the invitation from the Mongolian nomadic family to overnight there. The resort is close to the volcano peak Shiliin Bogd Uul and the Taliin Agui Cave.

We remind to this beautiful lovely Mongolian lady who gave us a warm hospitality. She wasn't shy at all and drinking Vodka, smoking cigars, singing Karaoke and dancing folk dances. I wish myself in same condition as this lady when I'll be in the age of 85.

For variety from mutton, you could always try horsemeat, particularly popular in Western Mongolia, or roasted marmot. Marmot hunting is a traditional nomadic past time. They are killed and cooked whole, without puncturing their skin. Cooked from the inside out by stuffing with hot rocks, while fur is singed off with a blowtorch. The animal puffs up and the arms and legs extend as steam and the stones cook the marmot from the inside. It is then eaten, and washed down with mare's milk. Extreme seasons make growing vegetables extremely difficult, so they are very hard to come by, except onions, swede, and other root vegetables that grow in harsh conditions and last for a long time. This of course makes maintaining a vegetarian diet in Mongolia very difficult, and vegetarians may find themselves living on rice and Mongolia's almost unpalatable cheeses.