Two days later, we arrived at a cluster of yurts to shelter from rain.
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Kevin Bird has two tipis and two yurts and, most importantly in his opinion, camp fires.
Horses freely roamed the grasslands and the valley was dotted with yurts, the summer homes of the nomadic shepherds.
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On the shores of the lake, I found three bedraggled yurts, a kind of primitive motel, waiting for guests.
Outside of lift shacks, seven yurts are the only structures on the mountain.
Camp in London in Walthamstow will have more than 100 huge yurts available for the duration of the games, fitted out with comfy beds and private lounges.
Fran Wintle, who owns Larkhill Tipis in Carmarthenshire with her husband, said they had been staggered by how popular their tipis and yurts had become.
If the hot springs aren't for you, Chena also takes guests up a nearby mountain to observe the auroras from heated Mongolian-style tents called yurts.
Within a few days, services swing round the brilliant blue waters of Lake Baikal, before plunging southward into the gently sloping grasslands of the Mongolian steppe, dotted with yurts and grazing horses.
Though most people have given up traditional Mongolian yurts for brick houses, deep stacks of cow manure behind the houses show a continued reliance on traditional methods of heating.
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The connected yurts house civilized bathrooms, some picnic tables, a rental shop and a cafeteria where the only hot dishes are those warmed in a microwave by customers themselves.
Invoking the spirit of Mongolian nomads, Shanghai Tang erected a cluster of Mongolian yurts, called gers, atop the roof of Central Pier 4, which juts out into Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour.
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