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...private path means guests can escape the crowds that often mar enjoyment of the wall's other sections. There are no chairlifts or souvenir stalls here, just heated suites made from local stone and beams salvaged from some of Beijing's demolished courtyard homes. Rooms are decorated with Manchurian, Mongolian and Tibetan antiques, and each has a private porch. The Tiger Bar provides the perfect setting for cigars and cognac, while the restaurant offers cuisine inspired by Genghis Khan, whom the menu quotes: "The greatest pleasure in life is to defeat your enemy, then ride his horses, drink his wine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Check In | 4/16/2005 | See Source »

...highlights A clan of Mongolian nomads uses a musical ritual to get a mother camel to nurse the newborn she had previously rejected, a rare white calf. The DVD extras are skimpy, but you'll learn lots about the life nomadic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing Oscar Home | 1/30/2005 | See Source »

...sojourn in Mongolia doesn't score highly?not surprising, given that the present hallmarks of luxury are hot water, any meat that isn't yak, and a functioning van. Hoping to change that is American venture capitalist Lee Cashell, who offers something he calls "expedition luxury" through his company Mongolian Resorts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steppe On It | 11/4/2004 | See Source »

...Since 2002, Cashell and his Mongolian wife, Tsendsuren, have been providing basic creature comforts for intrepid visitors to Mongolia's capital, Ulan Bator. At their guesthouse, tel: (976) 9909 1899, backpackers pay $5-$15 for one of 50 beds per night. Travelers are usually delighted to trade sleeping mats for queen-size beds and mare's milk for Cashell's signature turkey melts, which he serves up at the hostel's UB Deli. He has a library of DVDs, too, for those who eventually get bored of gazing at the forested Haert Khaan mountain range...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steppe On It | 11/4/2004 | See Source »

...This month, roughing it takes another step up with the opening of Mongolian Resorts' camp of luxury gers (traditional felt-covered tents) and villas on the nearby Plateau Mongolie. There's already a restaurant, a bar, a gift shop and a library on-site. By the end of May, the camp is slated to feature a spa offering Mongolian massage?which is not as rigorous as it sounds?and a swimming pool will be added in time for summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steppe On It | 11/4/2004 | See Source »

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