A few weeks ago I visited Ulaanbaatar or UB (the capital of Mongolia) for a few days. It was primarily for work, and the lack of frequent flights to UB made it almost impossible to extend my stay, but I managed to squeeze in some sight-seeing time.
I loved every minute of it. I did a lot of walking, ate some crazy-assed food (which you can read about
here), saw yurts squeezed in-between concrete buildings, froze my ears off, climbed a hill, saw the local temples and palaces, met some really nice people......and then left thinking that I would never come back to UB. Not because I don't want to (in case you have a short memory span I started off by saying that I loved it), but because it's just one of those places that's hard to get to, and also I don't think there is much else to experience in UB except the traffic and the development of a new city. So if I do go back it will be for the country-side which I hear is worth experiencing.
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| A yurt in the middle of the bustling new city of UB |
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| View of UB from Zaisan hill |
