Title – Day Time Visitors
Date – August 2002
Location - Khovsgol – Mongolia
Being invited into a Ger (traditional round felt tent) is not unusual in Mongolia. When you are out in the countryside you will often dismount from your horse when passing and be offered tea and a snack of yaks cheese and occasionally bread. These are all acquired tastes; the tea tends to be bitter and often laced with sour yaks milk and the cheese can be unrecognisable when compared to what you might be used to, often with the texture of a stick of Brighton rock.
Be prepared for the comings and goings of a Ger, kids, animals, visitors and family members will come and go as if you were not there. The hospitality is legendary, but it sometimes it feels like you are at a busy train station rather then isolated in the middle of one of the world’s least densely populated countries.
Beyond The Blue welcomes anyone to attend our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop whether you are planning a trip to Mongolia or Monaco we can help you prepare yourself properly to reduce the risk you will face and give you the confidence to enjoy the many positive opportunities you will encounter.
Beyond The Blue maintains a particular interest in Mongolia. The Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation through their operations in Mongolia, work with street kids and children from poor families, to offer support and assistance in escaping the cycle of poverty. The invaluable work the Foundation carries out, helps provide opportunities to the children of this amazing country.
Some of the Street Kids of Ulaan Baatar are forced to live in the city’s sewer system, sleeping on top of the hot water pipes to stay warm and to stay alive. Temperature in the city regularly drops below -35C in the winter months and this is the only way they can survive. For more information we urge you to visit The Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation web site at www.CNCF.org
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Date – August 2002
Location - Khovsgol – Mongolia
Being invited into a Ger (traditional round felt tent) is not unusual in Mongolia. When you are out in the countryside you will often dismount from your horse when passing and be offered tea and a snack of yaks cheese and occasionally bread. These are all acquired tastes; the tea tends to be bitter and often laced with sour yaks milk and the cheese can be unrecognisable when compared to what you might be used to, often with the texture of a stick of Brighton rock.
Be prepared for the comings and goings of a Ger, kids, animals, visitors and family members will come and go as if you were not there. The hospitality is legendary, but it sometimes it feels like you are at a busy train station rather then isolated in the middle of one of the world’s least densely populated countries.
Beyond The Blue welcomes anyone to attend our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop whether you are planning a trip to Mongolia or Monaco we can help you prepare yourself properly to reduce the risk you will face and give you the confidence to enjoy the many positive opportunities you will encounter.
Beyond The Blue maintains a particular interest in Mongolia. The Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation through their operations in Mongolia, work with street kids and children from poor families, to offer support and assistance in escaping the cycle of poverty. The invaluable work the Foundation carries out, helps provide opportunities to the children of this amazing country.
Some of the Street Kids of Ulaan Baatar are forced to live in the city’s sewer system, sleeping on top of the hot water pipes to stay warm and to stay alive. Temperature in the city regularly drops below -35C in the winter months and this is the only way they can survive. For more information we urge you to visit The Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation web site at www.CNCF.org
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
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