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Ger Camp

On our drive to our first Ger Camp you could hear the cries "Yak" Yak" Stop! stop! We stopped our drives so we could take pictures of our first Yak spotted on the roadside! We had two people to a Ger and the pictures show what the interior looks like. The nomadic Ger we visit later are very similar. Note the colors are always the same: Orange for the Sun(strength), Blue for the sky, Green for plant life. The Ger are constructed of a wood lattice with the spokes resting on top. Lashed usually with braided camel-hair rope. The first layer is felt again made from animal hair. The outside layer can be waterproof or canvas. The Ger was warm or cool depending on the weather with the door usually facing south. Nomads put the furniture usually consisiting of an altar, and beds, in a circle first then build the Ger around them. It takes aproximately an hour for a nomad to construct the Ger. My only consternation was the big black beetles that dropped out of the felt during the night!
Yak?Whats That?
Yak?Whats That?
Yak up close
Yak up close
Inside a Ger
Inside a Ger
GerCamp Night 1
GerCamp Night 1
Ger Interior
Ger Interior
GerMate
GerMate
Germate
Germate
Yakk2&3.
Yakk2&3.
Big Hairy Yaks
Big Hairy Yaks
AnnGerLady.jpg
AnnGerLady.jpg
AnneHSunset.jpg
AnneHSunset.jpg
CherylSunset.jpg
CherylSunset.jpg
CherylSunsetGobiRds.jpg
CherylSunsetGobiRds.jpg
GerCamp.jpg
GerCamp.jpg
GerCamp3.jpg
GerCamp3.jpg
GerCamp4.jpg
GerCamp4.jpg
GerDecoration.jpg
GerDecoration.jpg
GerDinner.jpg
GerDinner.jpg
GerDinner1.jpg
GerDinner1.jpg
GerDinner2.jpg
GerDinner2.jpg
GerLady&Cheryl.jpg
GerLady&Cheryl.jpg
GobiRoads.jpg
GobiRoads.jpg
GobiRoadsSunsetAnne.jpg
GobiRoadsSunsetAnne.jpg
SunsetGobiRoads.jpg
SunsetGobiRoads.jpg