Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Travel Blogs

Mongolia
Oct 13, 2007 (76 photos)

... never mind the Internet so this entry is a bit long! We spent 4 days horse riding in Central Mongolia, 4 in the capital Ulaanbaatar, and 11 on a 2000km journey around Western and Southern Mongolia in a jeep. Before commencing our journey the hostel ...

Reflection
Nov 25, 2006

... and is only going to change more. It's such a balancing act, retaining a culture, yet embracing change. For a country like Mongolia, it is particularly precarious since the independence and freedom of living the life of a nomad is the antithesis of the ...

The last few days
Dec 4, 2006 (4 photos)

... admirably small eight kilograms, I will be leaving will well over double that!) and on Thursday morning I will be heading south out of Ulaanbaatar the way I came, on the train. And then I'll be on my way to New Zealand via Hong Kong from there. It's ...

Chinggis Khan
Nov 18, 2006

... in 1206, which is why of course, this year is being celebrated as 800 years since the birth of the nation of Mongolia. On uniting his people, Chinggis then gallops across the steppes in all directions with his legendary army on horseback, ambuses and ...

Frozen...
Nov 21, 2006

... scary enough that it can't be done, and certainly Mongolia and China have been easy in my experience. I think everyone who comes to Mongolia is surprised at how friendly and easy it is to be here. And being a tourist is only going to get easier now that ...

The Gobi
Aug 23, 2001 (2 photos)

... watch - they thought it was great, and fell about laughing when they recongnised themselves. Interesting facts about Mongolia:- --------------------------------- 52% of the country is grassland and shrubs. 15% of the country is forest. 32% of ...

YouŽd be in UB too
Jun 23, 2005 (4 photos)

... even went to a pub quiz one night, at ŽDaveŽs PlaceŽ, now this one was an expats place through and through. Maikhoi was in Mongolia doing some volunteering work and we bumped into some of people there that sheŽd worked with. I spent a while talking to many of ...

You can spot them a while away
Jul 19, 2008

... for him to claim.  After some discussions with security and airline staff they informed him his bag would arrive tomorrow in Mongolia.  Better than never! Alex and I get the exit row seats.  Score! The scenery during the flight was ...

Farewell
Jul 22, 2007

... and then with a short day in between at home on Tuesday, Enkhe and I are off to the countryside, about 2 hours outside of Ulaanbaatar for the rest of the week where we will be interviewing four different families. Along the way, we will also be stopping to ...

The final product
Aug 3, 2007

... 2000. [6] Epidemiological Study of Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Drinking Patterns and Alcohol related harms in Mongolia. (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,  2006). [7] Quotes and information taken from interview with Baasanbatt Sambuu, psychologist, family ...

Mongolia at last!
Jun 4, 2007

... , I was not expecting for the city to be much of anything after reading so much about the economic problems and development issues Mongolia is facing, but to my surprise, it is alot more hustling and bustling than I had initially anticipated. Don't get me ...

Khakhoren
Jun 18, 2007

... to say that there is no respect for each other, because there certainly is. One thing that I do find relatively universal here in Mongolia, whether in the countryside or city, is the value of respect. It is just diferent, and as the country continues to ...

Ulaanbaatar
Nov 9, 2005 (11 photos)

... At this point I'm going to revert to trusty ol' bullet points to give a bit of background information on Ulaanbaatar and Mongolia: o Ulaanbaatar means 'Red Hero' and was renamed this in honour of the communist triumph in 1924 when Mongolia was declared ...

Because I was there! (Great Wall of China Pics)
Nov 15, 2006 (14 photos)

Not much to say here. Here are a few pics from my recent trip to the Great Wall of China for anyone who is interested. I usually do not post pics of scenery and never take pics of me in front of objects, but here is a few of both. For no other reason then ...

Rain, almost
Jul 23, 2008

Rain threatened!  Again.  But it didn't rain.  UB is pretty much surrounded by hills/mountains so this probably deflects a lot of the rain.  As we were driving to the - rain - thunder It was amzing to see the progress.  We ...

Winding down and taking in the Soviet grandeur
Aug 18, 2005 (12 photos)

... to have a much-needed shower. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes to be settled someplace! We started exploring Ulaanbaatar from about five in the evening. Having spent so long out in the middle of nowhere, it was a dramatic switch to be in ...

Sarkozy Mother F.....!!!
Nov 1, 2007

... you travel you should buy all your visa before going " so what the fuck the chineese consulate in Ulaanbaatar is made for???? i asked him the question of course without the fuck..." he told me that i should be more prepared ...

Mongolian countryside
Jun 11, 2007

Yesterday I returned from the Hustai National Park, a park about 2 hours outside of Ulaanbaatar, that was established in 1998. My favorite part of the park by far were the wild horses that live there. About 200 completely wild, free horses that are only ...

Nomads, Frozen Man Jewels, and Flaming Poo!
Nov 12, 2006 (56 photos)

... and a few other people will head off in the morning to make another 6 day trip out of Ulaanbaatar (this time to the highlands.) Random Moment: So Mongolia is famous for its wrestling (very similar to Sumo.) After a few hours of drinking cheap Russian ...

Steven!!!
Jul 20, 2006 (34 photos)

... bought a minature Ger Camp with a little Steven as well. All in all 3 nights, 4 days at the ger camp. Amazing place. In Mongolia, anyone can live anywhere. No one owns the land. So I have decided one day to come here and buy a Ger for a few hundred ...

Train To Mongolia
Jul 16, 2006 (14 photos)

The Train to Mongolia We took a one night trip to Mongolia to its capital Ulaanbaatar. Passing by the Great Wall which was pretty cool. Seeing a little bit of the Gobi Dessert as fell at sunset (see pic). Its obvious to tell when you are going through ...

Let's build a house
Jul 22, 2008

... house itself won't be much bigger than the yurt if at all.  But the house will provide better insulation during the winter (Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital city in the world, Ottawa is second) and less maintenance (the skin on the yurts have to be ...

Mongolia Countryside
May 12, 2006 (5 photos)

... . When we arrived we bumped into the American couple ( Julie and Tom) who we shared our birth with on the train to Ulaanbaatar. It's a very small world here and it seems as though everyone is doing the same things. Lunch was delicious. We had carrot and ...

Vodka Train part 1 !
May 10, 2007 (19 photos)

... on the Trans-Mongolian route was pretty straight forward - 30 hours on the train from Beijing to the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. Armed with truckloads of pot noodles we boarded the train all excited about the journey ahead. Little did we know ...

The Gobi and Research
Jun 29, 2007

... hours, and ended our day camping in the small town yet again, only to wake up the next morning and head back to Ulaanbaatar. After such a wonderful (and exhausting!) trip, I immediately had to begin cracking down on my research the very next morning. I am ...

Smiling Faces
Jul 18, 2009 (2 photos)

After about 9 hours of being held at customs control we finally crossed the boarder and arrived in Mongolia. Instead of the suspicious 'glare stare' we routinely had from Russian officials we were greeted with a beaming smile and a 'Welcome to Mongolia'. ...

Ulaanbaatar
Jul 21, 2008

This is our first full day in Ulaanbaatar.  The hotel offers breakfast.  Some interesting items that are offered: - french fries (Mongolian home fries?) - spagetti (no meatballs) - dumplings - a really good cucumber/tomato salad - mashed ...

What a liberty!
Aug 20, 2009 (15 photos)

My passport's only gone and filled itself up without my noticing. No problem an American girl tells me, just go to your embassy and they'll stitch more pages in for free.  Great I think, what a wonderful, helpful and considerate service and off to ...

Winter in October
Oct 18, 2009 (8 photos)

All that I expected of Ulaanbaatar turned out to be utterly different. It's modern and bustling with life, but nice because it's not an enormous capital like Moscow or Beijing as we will soon discover. Though at first we were quite wary; afraid of ...

Ulaanbaatar
Sep 18, 2006 (8 photos)

... for our first vodka of the trip. Mongolia has a population of 2.5 million, with 1 million of those in the main town Ulaanbaatar. The remainder live off the land in the plains and desert areas; roaming with cattle in felt gers, trading meat for Yaks milk ...