Teen Tours in Mongolia
RUSTIC PATHWAYS IN MONGOLIA
Our operations in Mongolia began in the summer of 2009 with immersive and rustic experiences for our students. Since then we have delved even deeper into the rich Mongolian culture to deliver 'in your face' cultural experiences.
AIRLINE INFORMATION and PROGRAM CONNECTIVITY
An escorted flight for Rustic Pathways students is provided from San Francisco to Ulaanbaatar. U.S. students meet in San Francisco and travel together with their flight leader to and from Mongolia. Please see rusticpathways.com/flights for details. Our Mongolia program also connects directly to programs in Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, China, Vietnam, and India. All departure dates show physical departures from the United States.
| FACT FILE | |
| Population | 3 million |
| Capital City | Ulaanbaatar |
| Currency | Tögrög – 1 U.S. dollar buys about 1400 tögrögs (as of September 2010) |
| Language | Mongolian |
| Well-Known Attractions | Nadaam Festival – Mongolia's national holiday and a celebration of the three manly sports – archery, wrestling and horse riding. Steppes – the green rolling hills of Central Mongolia Nomadic Lifestyle – 30 percent of Mongolia's people are nomadic. |
LOCAL LINGO
| Ger | Nomadic home |
| Sain baina uu | Hello, are you well? |
| Mal sureg targan tavtai yuu? | Are your animals fattening up nicely? |
| Nokhoi khorioroi! | Where are your dogs? (A common greeting when approaching a friend's ger) |
| Yamaa | Goat |
DID YOU KNOW?
The Mongolian Empire once stretched from present-day Poland in the west to Korea in the east, and from Siberia in the north to the Gulf of Oman and Vietnam in the south, covering about 13 million square miles. This expansive empire earned Genghis Khan the name Man of the Millennium. Genghis Khan literally means "Universal King." His real name was Temujin, which means ocean. With 16 million living men carrying his Y-chromosome, Genghis Khan had about 800,000 times the reproductive success of the average man of his age.
Fossilized dinosaur remains were found in the Gobi Desert in the 1920s, along with the first dinosaur eggs.
After a year's use, the Mongolian tögrög smells like mutton.
