This morning we woke up in a ger, a traditional Mongolian nomadic tent so. For a brief picture of the house: the tent is round and has a floor area of 25 square meters and a diameter of 6 meters. Best so well. Inside, everything is practical: in the middle is a stove that heats the tent during the day and evening used to the food to cook. Furthermore, a number of beautiful, wooden tables, low tables with stools, washing machine and a separate built-in oven. Very impressive and beautiful, especially with the wheel-spokes-shaped glass roof and the wooden steal which rests the roof canopy and including a variety of books, photographs and other items as a magazine rack to be inserted.
Begz, his wife and children received us most kindly in their home last night. To get there we had half an hour to survive in a crowded (say, claustrophobic) bus. The children went with us on the bus - they just came home from school - and giggling were our guides. The ger of the family is in a gerwijk in the north of the city. Many nomadic Mongols have in recent years in these districts located. It is somewhat paradoxical: a neighborhood packed with fenced plots containing a ger or small house and some cows, the countryside in the city center.
We were immediately welcomed with a delicious Mongolian tradiotioneel soup: gazelle meat steeped in water with vegetables and strips of crepes. The whole was cooked in the bowl, covered with a sheet of dough. Very tasty. Begz led us around and asked me to help the cows in the barn to convert. Detail he demonstrated slow my mind the traditional knot used to secure the cows to a stake. Practically, all very practical.
After an evening of Begz kinds of stories have been heard, we went a little after midnight under sail. Mongolians are no early birds and like to remain so long. The kids do at half past 2 to school (up to five hours) and therefore could also stay up late. Very sweet for us Begz hung a white sheet on a private corner for us to create in the tent. I slept better than Judica, although it was quite accustomed to the hard ground to sleep in a tent at night cools from 25 degrees to 7. Best fresh.
Today we got up late. Begz had already left for work. We had breakfast with freshly baked bread (lovely) and jam from the supermarket. Because let's face it, Mongols are also people and also enjoy convenience products. In any case, the family lived until two years ago in a ger. Before that they lived just a house. In their ger 88 companies have already received them the old traditional Mongolian use to show. Anyway, we are the city at 11 hours and have withdrawn the day so far mainly spent organizing a day trip to a park east of the city. We are going to go with a guide, explore the natural beauty there and go for a ride. Very curious what that will bring. But it's all been extremely killers ...
March 11, 2010
Melanie 3:43 p.m.
What fun! Did they also De Ruijter spreads in Mongolia! (Photo 9)
March 11, 2010
4:17 p.m. Jane
You were so surprised That the russian have toilets outside, the MONGOLIANS have them too! =)))
12 March 2010
2:11 p.m. juutsel
hey,
Yes, I had taken that spreads especially for those kids, found the sprinkles nice dude. The children here are well catered for, everyone is kind to them, but they are definitely not spoiled. No screaming and pushing in the Ger. But sharing is hard sprinkles!