
Waking up in Mongolia
My Mongolian team and I rolled out of bed in our yurt and onto the floor for a casual yurt breakfast. My Mongolian colleagues enjoyed the yak butter, while I stuck to Nutella and jelly.

Yak butter (Photo: Emily O’Dell)
Just as I was preparing my instant latte, a Kazakh musician stepped into our yurt and asked if he could play for us. Yurt breakfast with live Kazakh music–yes please! It was the perfect morning on the steppe…

Morning music (Photo: Emily O’Dell)