Puma Imperial Ulan Bator

Sukhbaatar Square Ulan Bator, Mongolia

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Before the masses arrive

A travel blog entry by ricolola

SK Hostel provided a free ride from the airport to the hostel, complete with "Al Hoyt" signage. All was going well, until we actually arrived at the Hostel. The young boy spoke great English, and was so polite. What a great first experience with a Mongolian!

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Creeps and Thieves in Cold Water

A travel blog entry by tarabella

... are advertisements and billboards everywhere and nothing seems to really fit together. We walked towards the Buddhist monastery and were the only chumps to pay to get in. It was much of a muchness to the last one just way more people. There is an open square covered in pigeons – because Buddhists believe in the sky and the earth they think anything that belongs in the sky is holy hence the pigeons are the reincarnation of dead Lama’s. So people ...

Päivät 21-25.

A travel blog entry by pinksi

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... lampaan lailla koulutettua opasta. Hetken marssin jälkeen täti kysyi että: missä teidän oma opas on? Sanottiin et se meni vähän pötkölleen, kunnes selvisi että sen olis pitänyt tulkata. Nooh ihan hyvin se naikkonen hoiti sen englanniksikin. Kierroksen loputtua kehotti meitä sanomaan omalle oppaallemme ettei olis niin laiska. Ihan sama. Oli kyllä huomattavasti leppoisempaa tallustella siellä ihan vaan kahestaan ja räimiä liiaksi asti niitä kuvia.. nyt kun oltiin kerran siitä ...

Wild West

A travel blog entry by shobden

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... no road maps-drivers use their knowledge of the terrain to navigate.
On the last morning, we accompanied Dosjean to the school that he used to attend and in which he now teaches computer science and English. We joined his English class of about 25 boys and girls aged 14-15. The ability to speak English fluently is regarded as being key to their future as the country develops and they really appreciated having the opportunity to listen to a native speaker and to practise their ...

Mongolia and Dean's Yurtday!

A travel blog entry by happynomads

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... the stock yards and the waiting horses. The local horses were more like stocky ponies and seemed reluctant to put much energy into carrying extra weight for the afternoon. The young boy herded us and our mounts along the valley, past the golf course(!), some yaks and camels and toward the main road through the park, before turning back towards home. Lisa took much delight in getting her lazy horse to quicken its pace to a canter over the last few hundred ...