All this done, we settled down for our first toasts of the day, in milk tea (pictured). The last of the soft drinks for the day!!!!

Visitors came in and out all day. Local people, and also the rest of the family from Ulaanbaatar came by train.

The local kids from around the small settlement come past. One of the traditions seems almost "Halloween-esque". They pile inside, sit sround expectantly and are given some small gifts. It really is small beer - - - - a Biro and a lollipop. But off they cheerfully go back out into the freezing cold and onto the next ger (maybe 500m away).

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