Here are a few yurt pictures from my visit to Mongolia in 1998
The Mongolia word for yurt is Ger. This means home, the two are interchangeable as almost every home is a yurt.
Horses, cattle and sheep, the mainstay of the Mongol way of life.
Animals are herded in the traditional way
Mongolian family outside their yurt.
Moving yurt in the gobi desert
Fuel to keep the yurt warm in the gobi
yurt workshop in Mongolia
Most of Ulaan Bataar's residents live in yurts
Moving the yurt
Getting ready for winter
Inside the yurt
Family life in the yurt
Drying dairy products on the yurt