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- Ulaanbaatar
- Capital
- Tugrik (MNT)
- Currency
- 2,654,999
- Population
- MN
- Country Code
Ulan Bator Slideshow
Ulan Bator
Travel Blogs from Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Life in a Ger
Just a place to base out of
This is where the train stopped, only stayed here for the afternoon before adventuring out to explore the Mongolian countryside ...
Time in Ulan Bataar
16/07/2011 7 am Picked up at station after a short wait and off to our hotel, it has a sign out side it saying "Bellagio" I suspect this is an error! Still it is smart enough and most importantly it had a shower and clean sheets. We were being picked up ...
Ger Camp Fun and Mountain Hikes
10:05 After a late night we had agreed to meet at 8 for breakfast. This didn't quite work. I got up and ready, I wasn't hungover though. But I had had a poor nights sleep as I was cold and actually not very comfortable. I knocked on steve and Rishi & ...
Trans-Mongolian trip begins
... , and the scenery was beautiful – mountains and lakes the first day, turning into endless rolling green hills as we entered Mongolia. The border crossing was a bit annoying, as we got off the train without our books and then weren’t let back ...
Winding down and taking in the Soviet grandeur
... legions of protected animals, but there's one in particular that gives the park its claim to fame. The takhi - better known outside Mongolia as Przewalski's Horse - are the last of the world's great breeds of wild horse, and Khustain is the main center ...
Sarkozy Mother F.....!!!
... such problems, only if you are sick and need to go back to france" other story , " it's not legal to come to Mongolia without a chineese visa, and that if you you travel you should buy all your visa before going " so what the fuck ...
The City Sights
... that Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Armani are already in place just waiting to cash in on the new boom times directly ahead in Mongolia’s history. We imagine that in 10 years from now Mongolia will be a very different place, especially in the towns and ...
Welcome to sunny Mongolia
... . An added hassle for our intrepid duo is that, despite Sonia reading Cyrillic (the state alphabet - a hangover form Soviet influence, Mongolia did/does have its own alphabet but although Mongolia was never part of the USSR, the fact that its capital city ...
The Winter Palace of Bogd Khan
... . They're not so big on service here. I ordered a salad and a soup We'll see. Wow. I leave Mongolia tomorrow. Craxy. That's why I have to have Mongolian food now. I'm going to head to the State department store ...
Departure from Ulaan Bataar
Made it back to Ulaan Bataar from the countryside thanks to our driver with a whole 10 minutes to spare ...
When in Mongolia....buy Russian Vodka
... hear.....and the sun is always shining.....but its pretty cold though. It goes down to -15 degrees overnight.......happy days. Ulan Bator is quite a big city and I was pleasantly surprised by it. We ended up going to the Natural History ...
Mongolian countryside
... . This week will mostly consist of classes, followed by a weekend out to Hahoren, the old capital of Mongolia, where we will once again be staying at a ger camp and visiting some famous archeological sites in Mongolia...I'll update again when I ...
Kugirt-Ulan Bator
... c'e' un poliziotto. Ogni 5 persone che si incontrano 2 sono turisti di ogni nazionalita'. Tutti convergono ad Ulan Bator, un po' da tutta la Mongolia e da tutto il Mondo. Dopo vari tentativi di comprendere come funzionino le cose, e dopo qualche ...
A Summary of Russia
09:31 A summery of Russia I think a lot of people wondered why I wanted to travel across Russia in winter. Simple really, I've always associated it with winter and knew a little of some of the beautiful buildings they have here and wanted to see it ...
Asia
... the 5 hours and thought we would be arriving at 12:05. However what we have now learnt is that once the train enters Mongolia the time changes from Moscow time, to Mongolian time. All very confusing. Anyway, it was still an hour and half before ...
Chilling in UB
A very very long night. Zero sleep. An incredibly bumpy ride. I didn't remember it being this bad coming down. We arrive in UB but it takes a while before we get near peace avenue and we ask to get off but the driver refuses and points up the road to a ...
Iedereen Mongool
Voor onze eerste overnachting in Ulan Bator reserveerden we een kamer bij een hostel. We besloten eens wild te doen voor één nacht en boekte de "suite": een kamer met privé toilet en douche, voor €18, ontbijt voor twee personen inbegrepen. De ...
Re re encore et toujours, et re re Ulaanbataar
... tete a obtenir. Apres moultes negociations on a finalement reussi a obtenir notre VISA, de 27 jours et non 30 ! A part ca, Ulan Bator a brulé. Décidemment on est toujours au mauvais endroit au mauvais moment. En gros il y a eu les élections en ...
Mongolia
... I just say that I study social sciences. So back to the Mongolia. Just had my first full day in Ulan-Bator and I'm thinking to stay in Mongolia until about the 15th of February, getting some excursions to the countryside on the following ten days. ...
Ulaanbaatar adventures in the Black Market
... ; After black market we went back into the heart of UB to grab a bite to eat and continue the shopping. Shopping in Mongolia is much different than shopping anywhere else I have ever been. There are no small stores but just buildings full of booth right ...
Wild Mongolia!
... ton of fun doing nothing in nowhere for a week. And taking a shower after that week was over was a highlight in itself. Mongolia truly is great. The most vast country I have ever seen with no (well, a few) people living in it. I ...
Ger Camp
... ; often the nomads will move location 2 - 3 times a year, sometimes hundreds of miles in the more remote parts of Mongolia. They have solar power which provides electricity for light and television and seem to fit in with the world around them without ...
UB Museums and El Latino restaurant
... , that's a consideration I have to take seriously these days. OK, not THAT seriously yet; I DID just book a tour of Mongolia from my guesthouse. But really; what else am I going to do while China and Japan celebrate their week of national ...
A Kingdom Full Of Horses
... . The Soviets built it to commemorate their dead. A giant stone soldier stares out across the valley that holds half of Mongolia's population. With the tour complete, we push through the dense traffic to the east. Soon enough we are out into the ...
An oasis in the desert
This is a top pick! Came downstaris looking for breakfast. Saw the lady who runs the hotel, asked her, she shook her head. Asked if we could have some tea? Shook her head. Nothing going at all. Totally different to the young lady who served our dinner last nioght who ...
Ger Camp
Head out to the Ger camp, basically a few tents in a field. the Ger is the traditional home of the Mongolian and 80% of the population still live in one. the idea been they are easy to take down and put up when herding horses across the plains. the camp ...
All aboard!
Brrr! It's -30 here! I am wearing 3 pairs of long-johns under my jeans and about 10 tops! Still, despite the cold, Mongolia is great. But before I get to that, a word or two about the train. I was so worried about sleeping through my 5am alarm that ...
Mongolia
... , greeted by a couple locals involved in a good ole fashioned American style fist fight. There was a big crowd around them...Welcome to Mongolia!! We eventually found the girl who was picking us up to bring us to our hotel. She gave us the lay of the ...