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Mongolia - The motherland of Chinggis Khan (Genghis Khan) is not just about, well, Chinggis Khan or the Great Gobi Desert.

Mongolia tops the list of my most favourite countries in the world. I love the deserts, mountains, flash floods and rural life more than anything else and Mongolia had all of that.

Why are the gers always white? Why not yellow or blue - that would look spectacular against the eternal blue skies of Mongolia?

There are no roads in Mongolia...but there are wide open blue skies, running horses, long haired sheep, sturdy cows, stocky women, aruul, men on horses, deserts, sands, grasslands...

Airag might be the first word you hear in Mongolia (and with good reason too), but it is more than just Horse Juice. Airag is a tradition.