National History Museum Ulan Bator

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Today we woke up in our Ger, had breakfast and then began the two hour drive to U.B. We arrived at 11:30ish, dropped our stuff in our room, grabbed a map and set off. We began with the national museum it was huge, it took us about two hours, it was all about the nomads ands the history of how Mongolia …

Ulaanbaatar altitude 1310 m. Temperatures in July are in the low 30'sC max 35C. Nights are usually warm while others are cool enough to need a light blanket.

Most days have clear blue skies with billowy white clouds but also some days are unseasonably cloudy and rainy.

City drainage is poor and even small showers cause large …

Despite my camera getting stolen yesterday, I was still determined to make the most of this trip. After all, I still had my video camera, wallet, and passport so the trip was far from a complete washout.

I, along with another hostel guest, who actually taught English at a university near Daegu made plans to see some sights together. The …

... , so I'm not really looking to head out after dark alone. I changed some money and struck out for the National History Museum, but apparently it's closed on Sundays because it's still the winter season.  So I checked out Sukhbaatar Square right ...

... smile, and I initiated the smile test way less than half the time. A side note to the curators of the Russian National History Museum in Moscow, there is no need to ignore the period from the Bolshevik revolution to the current day.  It makes ...

... the slopes we started planning our day in the city much to see and not a lot of time. We headed off to the National History Museum after our night with the Nomads we had many questions about this unique culture and country that we hoped we could find the ...

... us sightseeing tips, a language lesson and an offer to play tour guide - yay! I visit the National History Museum, where I learn about Mongolia's tumultuous past re Chinggis Khan; and nomadic culture and traditions - each of Mongolia's many minority ...

... decided getting some sleep would be a good idea! We had a tour arranged from the UK for the day and went to see the National History museum, it was refreshing to have signs in English( In Russia they were all in Russian) and a guide who talked us through ...

Today I went to the National History Museum (traditional costumes were neat), the Modern Art Gallery (more nice landscape paintings) and the Temple Museum (a very densely packed temple).  And I have nothing to show for it.  Despite the ...

... 'Migjid Janraisig' that was destrored in 1936 and rebuilt in 1996 of bronze and copper and guilded in gold. Then we hit the National History museum which is very good and we had a local guide called Namuum who really knew her stuff. (By the way he is ...

... see why), with everything from hotels to the national vodka named after him.   We also visited the Mongolian National History Museum, which had some pretty basic exhibitions of Mongolian flora and fauna (think pieces of dried grass in boxes, empty ...

... tours and tickets. I spent a couple of days exploring the city, including a visit to the temple and to the National History Museum. I sampled some Mongolian food and also Korean which is quite popular here. I met the German guys again (See their ...

... running for shade and draining water bottles for fun. So much for the average summer temperature of 15 degrees. That National History museum lied to us! The UB National history museum however is quite interesting, not only for the closed Camel ...