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Mongolia
This is my third and last time in Asia as retirement approaches, and such a stunningly beautiful and interesting trip it was. The meeting with three of the four people in the whole country who hold AMI teaching diplomas, took place in a Tibetan restaurant with authentic süütei tsai—or milk tea, as popular in Mongolia as in Tibet, Sikkim, any country with a herding tradition where the daily staple was a hot drink made of yak butter, tea, and salt. Tibetan Buddhism has had a great influence in Mongolia, for example the dancing and costumes in the short video below that I took at a culture performance in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Continue reading →