Nomads slaughter Animals for Us

Hey Guys, Mongolia is not the Top 10 Countries people want to visit. But I wanted! The more unusual the more exciting.
So I asked a Mongol family if they would like to travel with me through Mongolia.How will I feel to be part of another culture?
I can not answer this question until I have tried it myself. I traveled with a whole family and some kids. Our goal is to go out to the countryside and visit Mongolians in the yurt!

Our Mini Fan. Almost ready for road trip ...

...Ready for Wild Mongolia

Ulan Baator

We drove from capital City Ulan - Baator. I am honest I don`t like their capital. Too dirty, too dusty and smog everywhere. Ulan Baator is the coldest capital City in the world in winter.

Mongolia has just ca 2,9 Mio citizens. I think there are more horses than people living over there. A = 1.566.000 km²

First Goal is to visit a random nomad family

Passing by a Mongol Yurt

Kids are trolling around in the car. Seat belts are not necessary. In Germany you would get a fine for that

Me, Mongol Kid Yangoul and my travel mate Petra

Mongolian Road

Their roads are not the best, people are driving very slow and have almost no accidents. That is a pretty cool thing. 90 % of the cars have no mirror. When cars are overtaking each other, they start honking loudly. It was getting dark and it is way too dangerous too drive at night (too bad streets, wholes and animals on the street, bad lights or even no lights at cars). We decided to take a rest in a hostel. It was a pretty interesting hostel. No toilet, no shower, just a wood bed and a small restaurant with typical Mongolian food.

In the video I am talking about the hostel. I was pretty tired and just described the conditions in this hostel. If you want to go to the loo you have to go out and pee outside. Some spooky flies are flying around over there. In the middle of the video you can see the first visit to the nomads at home.

At the hostel I tried to order something vegetarian. But I can t speak Mongolian Language. I get a meat meal :D

We just yelled in front of their Yurt if we could come in

People were very friendly, invited us for a dish and some drinks (drink was horse milk with vodka). They began to slaughter a lamb for us. It was a pleasure to be with them.

A nomad family have usually 2 Yurts

One Yurt is the kitchen and the other Yurt is the living and sleeping room. Ca 10 til 15 people are living in such Yurts. Not to imagine for western people. No privacy, no electricity, just solar panels (pretty environment friendly) , just a litte room and much work on the country side to survive.

Kitchen