[familyop]

"The day she arrived, they killed a lamb, boiled it and gave her the innards in honor of her guest status."

LOL! Nasty!

The neighbors who live in a yurt and keep yaks near here would certainly not like what's for dinner in the old country. LOL! I should say "lived in a yurt," as their house appears to be built now (after several years in a yurt).

Yaks appear to do well up here, BTW, although they do require supplemental feed (extremely poor soil and extremely cold weather).

[ChildOfThe60s]

LOL! Nasty!

Yeah, she said it was fun eating and acting appreciative at the same time.

That year she lived in Korea, backpacked through all of SE Asia (ate locally, not in hotel restaurants), went to China, Taiwan, and spent a week in Mongolia. To this day she says Mongolia is the one place she would not return to. Said Ulan Bator was so depressing with the 50s and 60s Soviet architecture. Also, the personal property crime in the city was over the top, just about steal the shirt off your back.