ger
n. The round felt tent that herding families live in on the Mongolian steppe, and the first word most visitors learn
GEHR
I’m Tuya. I spend my summers in gers with herding families on the steppe and write about it, and I sell a trip planner, lists, a phrase sheet, an ebook and a course.
What it means to learn
Three things to practise with, in the order I would take them.
n. (video course)
Travel the Steppe Respectfully
A video course on how to arrive, eat and stay as a guest in a family’s ger.
- Video course
- 6 lessons
We stepped into the ger right foot first, as lesson two said.
n. (download, PDF)
Ger Stay Packing List
A printable list of what to carry for a stay in a ger.
- 3 pages
The list said bring a warm layer, and the night in the ger was cold.
n. (download, PDF)
Letters from the Steppe
An ebook of my summer letters, written from the door of a ger.
- Ebook
- 48 pages
I read the whole ebook on the train to the ger.
n. (free letter)
Steppe Notes
A weekly letter about the grassland, one story and one word.
This week’s letter was written in a ger in a storm.
Downloads and courses
Shop
Download as soon as you pay. Yours to keep.
Origin
Etymology
I live in Ulaanbaatar for nine months of the year and on the grassland for the other three. My grandparents herded, and I was sent to them every summer as a child. As an adult I went back with a notebook, and a family I had never met gave me a bed in their ger and a bowl of tea.
Every Sunday I send a letter from one or the other: a ger, a storm, a drive, or the geranium on my city windowsill. What I sell is what I wish a visitor had handed me: a trip planner, a packing list, a small phrase sheet, an ebook of my summer letters and a course on travelling the steppe respectfully.