Back at the yurt hotel

After the Yellow Flowers valley we returned to the yurt hotel. We “settled down” in our traditional yurt. It was freezing cold. So cold you could see your breath when breathing. Given we had 1 hour to go before dinner we decided to take a nap. We wrapped ourselves in the blankets and quickly fell asleep. Despite the cold outside and in the yurt, those blankets were keeping us warm; almost incredible the contrast between the temperatures.
Traditional yurt:





After the nap we went to the main yurt for a Mongolian dinner.
The dinner started with a Mongolian tradition. Your “host” offers you some rice wine to welcome you. After that different dishes arrived and the food was quite good (and much better than the lunch, although that was easy).



We had the opportunity to listen to some typical Mongolian instrument. Something from the family of the violin, using horse hair as cord.


It was planned for us to watch some Mongolian wrestling and horse riding race but given the cold and the rain it was cancelled. The hotel staff put on some “disco” music for people to dance (yes outside) but none of us was in the mood for it. I have to acknowledge that it’s a good way to keep you warm though. Thus we went back to the yurt and chatted until nearly frozen :)