Lonely Planet Asia — April 2017

POSTCARDS

The word ‘yurt’ came to English from Turkic languages, but in Mongolian this kind of tent is known as a ‘ger’

The husky is a working dog in Greenland – there are almost as many in Ilulissat, population 4,800, as there are people

Jörg Bongartz works in the financial

industry in Berlin, Germany

Two friends and I took a trekking tour

of Mongolia, travelling through steppe,

mountain and desert. We sometimes

met people and our guide encouraged

us to say hello. We quickly understood

that we were really welcome. When

we visited the family in this shot, we

were invited into their yurt, and

offered cottage cheese, meat pie and a

horse-milk-based tea. I liked

everyone’s natural behaviour, with no

self-consciousness in front of the

camera. The girl, who is leaning

against the centre pole of the yurt, was

both serious and curious. She dared to

get a bit closer to us than the others and

explored us in her own way. It was a

privilege to take photos there.

BAYAN GOBI, MONGOLIA

Intent look

Adil Amin, from Manchester, spent just

over a week in Greenland

I headed to Greenland last

November for the chance to see

aurora in the sky and go

dogsledding. Despite the

sub-zero temperatures, I loved

it. In the western town of

Ilulissat, I came across some

husky dogs, howling like wolves

and racing around after each

other. Hidden among them in a

makeshift kennel were four

cute, but wild puppies scrapping

with each other. This one had

the most mesmerising blue

eyes and stayed still long

enough for me to take a photo

before he bounded off again.

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND

Dog days