So if you're feeling a bit ... disconnected from your fellow humans, you might consider taking a few tips from Mongolians. In a new Gallup report for The Global State of Social Connections, people in ...
So why does Mr. Eisenberg think you should vote? Because he’s currently living in a yurt in Mongolia, that’s why. It’s a short essay, but it reads like a college application, making it just shy of ...
Architect Nandin's art installation Ger in the Wind Photo: Courtesy of Nandin Architect Nandin's Mongolian yurt project in Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Photo: Courtesy of Nandin Concept ...
Recently, I met a couple at a cafe who had just spent the first night at their vacation getaway on a rural mountaintop in Sonoma County. It turned out that though they owned the land, they had neither ...
Ouray – With the rain pattering on the fabric roof and children huddled around a board game snug inside the round walls, Joshua Kinne’s yurt feels like the epitome of home, sweet home. But all is not ...
Yurts are built to travel, but this one had come farther than most. A traditional nomadic Mongolian home was erected outside Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, part of a colorful cultural celebration ...
“I don’t believe in paying rent,” says Kara W, sitting by the fire of the wood-burning stove in her Mongolian-style yurt, a portable domed tent traditionally used by nomadic people of central Asia.
We’re entering the time of year when, depending on the destination, planning travel may be more appropriate than actually doing the traveling. Like, say, exploring Russia, Mongolia and China. G ...
IF THE best-known emblem of Mongolia is its mighty 13th-century conqueror, Genghis Khan, the second-best-known is probably the humble nomadic dwelling known as a yurt. Legend has it that Genghis Khan ...
It’s the kind of structure you might see in the pages of a storybook, a squat, wooden structure with rounded walls and a crooked door, topped with a dusting of snow. The building is a yurt, a classic ...
GUÉRET. British Corner. I recently met some people who had lived in a yurt for several years. Yurts are amazing round tents and I did spend a couple of nights in a yurt during a holiday, a lovely, ...
It's tea time for a Mongolian family in their ger (aka a yurt). It's easy to see why families that live in a yurt are ... close to each other. So if you're feeling a bit ... disconnected from your ...