TODAY in MONGOLIA I woke up in a colorfully painted ger (what most of us call a yurt, but that is Russian and due their history the Mongolians don't really like that word) warm under my camel hair blanket, the sun shining through the round hole in the top of the ger. Outside the warm and cozy ger is the wide green expanse of the Mongolian steppe. I can gallop a horse for half an hour before I meet a change in the flatness- a low hill that marks the side of another valley. It is really beautiful here in Mongolia with the blue sky, green steppe, and sparkling river that winds its way through the flat grass land.
For breakfast I had yak butter on my toast and freshly made yogurt from…? Don't know what kind of milk made this yogurt but with a little honey it is delicious. The butter looks like a flat of brie cheese with a crust and cheesy looking butter seeping between the layers. Am I supposed to eat the crust? I don't know!
I took an easy horse ride to a nearby herder's ger. He lives here with his teenage son and daughter and wife. The ger is the same size as the one that I am staying in. There are also several dogs.
The herder and the horseman start drinking vodka and offer me some. I feel like I should at least make a show of drinking some, even though it is only 11 in the morning!
It is delicious vodka! The two men pretty much finish the bottle!
For breakfast I had yak butter on my toast and freshly made yogurt from…? Don't know what kind of milk made this yogurt but with a little honey it is delicious. The butter looks like a flat of brie cheese with a crust and cheesy looking butter seeping between the layers. Am I supposed to eat the crust? I don't know!
I took an easy horse ride to a nearby herder's ger. He lives here with his teenage son and daughter and wife. The ger is the same size as the one that I am staying in. There are also several dogs.
The herder and the horseman start drinking vodka and offer me some. I feel like I should at least make a show of drinking some, even though it is only 11 in the morning!
It is delicious vodka! The two men pretty much finish the bottle!
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