Travel Blog Photos from Ulaan (1,356)
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Sainbainuu This week I began work at World Vision. It has been an eye opening week, that's for sure. On Tuesday, I visisted the city's heating tunnels underground the city, where the street children and other homeless people live during winter. The ...
... stopped opposite another train at around 5 in the evening. Whether this was 5 in the evening by Moscow time, Beijing time, Ulaan Baator time or British summer time is anybody's guess and not particulary relevant to the story. Our heads were poked out ...
... We were finally through customs; simple as that. Off to sleep we went as the train continued on to the Mongolian capital, Ulaan Bataar. The train seemed to snake its way through the valley, past horses and cows in the fields and traditional Ger homes. ...
... in a public arena at a boarder crossing. A good reminder of how far China has come in such a short time. Entry into Mongolia was just as uneventful, at about 1.30am the officials came into our cabin and stamped my passport while I lay in bed. The ...
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Mongolia - one of the best traveling destinations in Asia
Posted on May 27, 2007, 03:29:03
Hey Khaan, I'd like to go to Mongolia this July/August and I have a question about accomodation if that's OK. I've found a few guesthouses in Ulaan Baatar that look pretty good, particularly Gana's because it's near the Ganden ...
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Top 10 Festivals you may or may not know about!
Posted on Apr 21, 2008, 19:35:56
... or the 'manly games' as they are otherwise known, is a festival of the three major traditional sports in Mongolia: wrestling, horse racing and archery. The chance to compete in or watch these events draws herdsmen and their families from hundreds ...
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Travelling Music
Posted on Oct 12, 2005, 22:12:36
... than listening to a song on your journey that just suits where you are, the landscape, your mood. In Mongolia this year we were on our way back to Ulaan Bataar in the back of a jeep, driving across the endless steppe, and they had an Enigma cd playing in ...
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