Talk:OLPC Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar

Great picture cool to see kids discovering the laptop. I'm wandering the cold temperature is a problem for the XO? Kids can use it outside? PatrickHetu 16:50, 19 January 2008 (EST)

"Gyr" or "ger" is the name of their dwellings?

I found their dwellings fascinating, so looked them up. They are what is known in English as a Yurt. Indeed, I've helped to put one up for a week-long encampment. I had no idea the design was from Mongolia. The best reference I found online was the Wikipedia page on Yurts. This includes photos of how one is constructed. It calls them "ger", as does the Lao Hats page about Mongolian Gers. Gnu 03:36, 22 January 2008 (EST)