You’ve Never Really Travelled Until You’ve Travelled With An Ironing Board
’tis true. How boring international travel can be. Lots of waiting around. The same old boring things – taxis, check in counters, Duty Free Shops that are all the same no matter which country you are...
View ArticleTalking about A Shower, My Kingdom For A Shower
It’s that time of year again – the time of year when they check all the hot water pipes from the central boiler in Ulaanbaatar. Remember that all the hot water for the city, for heating, washing and...
View ArticleUlaanbaatar To Be Renamed “Chinggis Khaan”
Apparently some academic, or academics, have come up with the idea of renaming Ulaanbaatar “Chinggis Khaan”. The city government is considering this idea at the moment. It must be true, it was on the...
View ArticleSaturday Night and the Storms Roll Through
It was a hot day today in Ulaanbaatar. Hot and dry. Late in the afternoon, early evening (right about now in fact), there is some rain in the area. This is accompanied by lightning and thunder and some...
View ArticleNeun und neunzig luftballoon … well, three actually
Yes gentle reader, I looked out of my back room window (the study window), the one facing east and that looks towards the Children’s Park in Ulaanbaatar and there, a few days ago in the morning, were...
View ArticleFirst Snow
It snowed this morning for the first time this coming season. Technically it is still autumn as the Central Heating in Ulaanbaatar is not turned on until 15 September but this morning was as cold as a...
View ArticleSeoul Food in Ulaanbaatar
“James Brown Park” in the UB Post in an article titled Seoul Food talks about Korean Food in Ulaanbaatar. He notes I like Korean food. Yes, it is more limited than Chinese as shown to me not long ago...
View ArticleUB Post Back on the Air
The UB Post, Mongolia’s best (well I think it is) English Language newspaper have restored their website to the world again. It has been off the air for a few weeks. Today they noted: Dear readers, We...
View ArticleUlaanbaatar’s New Subway
In perhaps the best kept secret in the world the Mongolians have, according to their newest hotel, opened a Conference and Exhibition Centre and a Subway in Ulaanbaatar. The image to the right here...
View ArticleDugan Khad
Way back in June 2005 I posted a entry to Thomo’s Hole called Dancing Trees and Pretty Girls. This was a post as a result of having been out to Dugan Khad, and at the time, I got the directions…...
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