Life with the nomads

After the car dropped us of at Terelj, two hour drive out of UB, we where picked up by Mr. Bolt on his ox cart and taken to his farm. As we where taken away from Terelj we left the modern world behind and entered into the world of the nomads of Mongolia. Except for a few mobile phones and some TVs people here still live the old way. Living of the land and their animals, they move their Ger and animals three times a year.

At Mr. bolts place we got to try ice bowling, horseback riding and archery. For the First time we got to try salted milk tea, which is used daily. The tea was much better than expected, and we started to enjoy it in the end.

After a long night of keeping the fire going, we where taken to the next Ger, Bogy and Amra’s place. This family have two kids, daughter 5 and son 1 years old. Their neighbor also had kids so here we got to play a lot. They play games with ankle bones, which was really fun, especially for Tiril. We played both horse race and some other games.

 

The last night we stayed at a bigger farm with lots of goats, sheep and cows. Here Tiril and Lars helped by picking up cow dung , which is burned to keep the Ger warm.

Their food is mostly meat and rice, onions and carrots are the most common vegetable they use. For breakfast they have a type of  bread, and of course salted milk tea….. to every meal. We had around –15 to –20 degrees Celsius so it was really cold, especially the ox cart riding. But we had a great time and very interesting. Must say that our simple guest house in UB felt like a palace when we got back. Going to a proper toilet felt nice after doing it behind a tree in minus 15 degrees. 

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