Hohhot is the provincial capital of Inner Mongolia, located 1 hr flight away from Beijing. The Dairy Capital of china. Dust from the desert travels with the north western wind over hohhot and sometimes all the way to beijing. Hohhot is also a city in constant growth, construction is everywhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohhot

The Inner Mongolian Museum displays many Mongolian artifacts. Below is a Mongolian war chariot yurt, and a catapult commonly used by the armies of Genghis Khan.

Despite what Great Khans Mongolian BBQ would have you think, mongolian meals are not cook on a large hotplate with giant chopsticks. Meals mostly consist of diary products and lamb or beef.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_cuisine

My Grandma’s house. I spent most of my early life in this house, its quite big in Chinese standards even now, consisting of 4 rooms and 2 bathrooms on 2 floors.

A Chinese Kang bed-stove. A fire is lit underneath the bed and the heated air travels around and heats the bed above. Great for long cold winters but only if you are accustomed to sleeping on a hard surface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_bed-stove