Nassan's Guesthouse
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Irkutsk, Baikal og Ulaan Baataar
No sitt eg paa ein internettkafe i Ulan Bator med forferdelege treige pcer. Men 3 kr timen e jo ikkje aa forakta. Det har gaatt ein stund sidan forrige gong eg skreiv no. Eg har skreve litt paa toget no og daa, men sidan novosibirsk har eg ikkje orka. Kanskje det er paa tide med ein liten oppdatering no... Toget me kom paa i Novosibirsk var litt …
Museum Mania
I started the day at what I thought was the Museum of Mongolian History, but it turned out to be the Natural History Museum. The locations were incorrect in my Lonely Planet (LP) guidebook. The Natural Histroy Museum is a hodge podge of flora, fauna, reptiles, and huminoids. LP's description is more colorful: "a serious throwback to the Soviet era …
Buddhist Bonanza
I got out of bed much earlier this morning. I took a walking tour through the heart of downtown, after checking e-mail at the post office. From Sukhbaatar Square I walked west on Juulchin Gudamj. When I passed my street, I ducked into Nassan's to use the bathroom before several hours of walking. Just as I came in the door, Bolor handed me the phone …
First Full Day on the Ground
I had told Bolor that I'd be up around 8 or 9am for breakfast. I slept well, although I was wide awake for a while around 3am. It didn't take much effort to sleep to 10:30. I'm staying in a Soviet-era apartment complex: a four story cinder block building with no frills. Nassan put me in the apartment adjoining her mother and daughter. I will be …
Snow
written by Jeroen Ulaan Bator, mongolia 11-5-2004 We're going to Terelj National Park together with Claude, Marjolijn, Ties en Lijn (the dutch familie we met in the train). so we get in the 4 wheeldrive bus. Ed is our translator for today. The capital is not all that big so in notime we are in the open fields. There is hardly any traffic and the …