Greetings from Mongolia! I arrived here from Beijing with train, and it was much more comfortable than I expected. The first night I spent at a local girls apartment which was a real fortune for me. She happened to know some nomand people in the countryside and I was allowed to stay two nights with a real Mongolian family from the countryside. Nomands live in gers (big tents) in the countryside og Mongolia and live from growing cattle like cows, lambs and goats.
They move around a few times a year and carry everything they own with them. My family had around 500 goats and lambs plus several horses and cows. Believe it or not, I actually milked both a cow and a goat which was one of the most difficult tasks I've done. The family consisted of an old grandma, a few sons, their viwes and several kids. We stayed in their ger a few nights and ate with them. The food was surprisingly based on milk and meat: for breakfast hot milk and milkbutter, other meals some meat mixed with rice plus hot milk and for snacs some yoghurt and milk tea. Now we are back to Ulan Bataar which is not exactly the most beautiful city with endless activities. Actually, the natural science museum is probably the only sight we have seen and there's not that much more options left... :)
Greetings from Mongolia! I arrived here from Beijing with train, and it was much more comfortable than I expected. The first night I spent at a local girls apartment which was a real fortune for me. She happened to know some nomand people in the countryside and I was allowed to stay two nights with a real Mongolian family from the countryside. Nomands live in gers (big tents) in the countryside og Mongolia and live from growing cattle like cows, lambs and goats. 
They move around a few times a year and carry everything they own with them. My family had around 500 goats and lambs plus several horses and cows. Believe it or not, I actually milked both a cow and a goat which was one of the most difficult tasks I've done. The family consisted of an old grandma, a few sons, their viwes and several kids. We stayed in their ger a few nights and ate with them. The food was surprisingly based on milk and meat: for breakfast hot milk and milkbutter, other meals some meat mixed with rice plus hot milk and for snacs some yoghurt and milk tea. Now we are back to Ulan Bataar which is not exactly the most beautiful city with endless activities. Actually, the natural science museum is probably the only sight we have seen and there's not that much more options left... :)
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Moro! Ei siellä kauheesti oo tosiaan nähtävää mutta mene ihmeessä sinne puzzle museoon käymään. Se on ihan hauska. Se on siinä pääkadulla, mutta vähän kauempana keskustasta, painistadionin lähellä. Tossa on joku osoite minkä löysin: http://museum.pixel.mn/english/index.php?id=62,0,0,1,0,0
heh! siis oikeesti lypsit lehmiä (vai mitä ne nyt oli) :D hihi..kaikkee sitä kuulee....millon tuut bäckiin Suomeen?
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