Living conditions and road conditions are at least uncomfortable, nutrition and all related resources become too scarce. A good start is in May. It is still cold but the overwhelming beauty of spring, the mild fragrance of blossoms and the fresh smell of water offer experiences which one will never forget. Mongolia is a country rich in natural beauty which includes a wide range of different types of landscape on her vast territory. The universities have some permanent faculty exhibitions which are often worth visiting.
Most Aimag capitals have their own local natural history museum.
Xar Xorin has a temple museum about Chingis Khan and the buddhist oriented spiritual history of Mongolia. This list does not claim to be complete. One of them is the Gandan monastery in Ulaanbaatar which recently underwent major reconstruction, and the other one is situated within the walls of the Xar Xorin compound. Recently, money has been donated to reconstruct the monastery, and first steps towards that direction are the erection of a small museum on its site with many photographs of the 1920s showing the former dimensions of the monastery complex. The travel literature on Mongolia offers more in-depth information.