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Narantungalag “Naraa” Nasanbuyn threads bridles for the 30 horses he owns with his wife, Bujinlkhan “Bujee”Ganbaatar. The two spend winter in their ger camp near Terelj, a popular tourist area in Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, about 40 miles from the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Their winter camp includes a live-in ger (pictured), a kitchen ger, and a tourist ger, plus a storage facility and a stable for their cows and horses. They also have an electric washing machine, which they power with a generator. They move their camp up to two times a year; everything goes with them.

“We keep the livestock moving for the warm places and good grasses,” says Jargal. They used to travel by cow cart, but now they pack their live-in ger, guest ger, and livestock stable into a truck. It takes them two to four hours to disassemble and pack everything.

Originally designed for the 1962 World's Fair, the condo building is flush with midcentury design details including full-height aluminum windows and parquet tile wood floors.