Tsagaan Sar

If there is one time to go to Mongolia and live with a host family, this is the time. Tsagaan Sar, as it’s called, is a non-stop, one week party. Everything from buuz (steamed mutton dumplings) to boiled sheep tails to vodka is consumed. I remember the week like it was yesterday; the smells (boiled sheep fat), the tastes (shooting vodka), and the feelings (being stuffed for seven straight days). It is quite a party and your Mongolian experience won’t be the same without it.

Happy Tsagaan Sar (Lunar New Year) everybody.