Ulaan Baatar

... some of the crap I had to go through on a daily basis. Anyway I didn't know much about Mongolia, we had bought a ticket to the capital of Mongolia, Ulaan Baatar from Beijing at a cost of 595 yuan. This would be the first leg of our "TransMongolian Trip".

Spent Thursday & Friday (15th + 16th) relaxing in Ulaan-Baatar (a bit of a contradiction in terms due to the noise & general craziness, but the place really grew on me). Thursday was sunny & hot, and we sat around watching the world go by. The English ...

... Train Station) & it's an experience, but not one I really want to repeat. We'll have to see about getting back to Beijing. Ulaan-Baatar is rough & ready from what we've seen of it. We walked around for awhile. It's still fairly hot up here (though ...

... with a population of just 2 million.  Even this figure is misleading since half the population lives in the capital city, Ulaan Baatar.  The Mongolians, being primarily nomadic people don't do cities well.  Ulaan Baatar is an ugly mix of ...

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 Ulaan Baatar / Naadam Festival Preview   Dear Readers:   We leave the peace of the countryside today and return to civilization, but before we do I take one more hike into the hills overlooking our ger camp, and we stop at ...

A harsh 23 hour ride to Ulaan Baatar with a stopover in Kharkhorin to see the Erdene Zuu ...