stackyFACTSBooking a yurt during Mongolia's biggest sporting event comes with mandatory gastrointestinal hazing. Homestay etiquette dictates that tourists must accept bowls of Airag—pungent, alcoholic fermented horse milk—and refusing it is considered a massive insult to your nomadic hosts, making cultural immersion a true test of digestion.
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