When driving in the mongolian countryside, the beauty and tranquility overwhelms you. Especially during the summer. The fact that you are driving on something that can not be called a "road", and you, very often bump your head if you are not buckled down, doesn't matter. But then, when you arrive at a ger, in the middle of nowhere, you realize that the beauty of the countryside has a tough side to it. Carrying water from a well several kilometers away, a small solar panel to provide electricity, and only a few cows and horses for milk is part of the everyday life.
We visited this family about an hour's drive outside Darhan. Two elderly sisters, with many grandchildren sent by their parents from the city to spend summer in the countryside. The one-room building is the kitchen. We found lots of huge containers with sour milk, ready to be made into hard, dried yogurt for the winter. And a ger for the children and the two grandmothers to sleep in.
Until next time ..... from Mongolia.
