Whoa the Macarena
2008-04-30, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. By: frankieboy

Ulan Bator I just spent the day walking around and enjoying the weather. Warm and sunny. I have that the UB is not that pretty a city and not a bad description. Again, I get impressions that the So...

The Trans-Mongolian Railway
2008-03-27, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. By: mala

In a five foot wide train compartment it doesn't take long to realize that your Chinese roomates are smugglers. Despite the complete language barrier, the fifteen boxes, two suitcases and eight duffel...

An update from Mongolia
2006-05-19, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. By: thewilsons

Dear everyone, Greetings from Mongolia! Our ten days here is coming to a close – we’ve been quite busy with many different programs while here. We’ve stayed in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, popu...

Horses and Hosher
2006-05-18, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. By: saradekker

Mongolians are quite a unique people. Residents of Asia, yet with a history of native people, they have a rich culture. It's cool. We're staying in Ulaan Baatar, home to 1 million people, half the ...

Mongolia is so interesting
2006-05-12, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. By: portersaw

Hello friends and family - I hope that my sporadic journal entries are fun to read, sorry I haven't been better. Erin and I are in the city of Ulanbator, Mongolia. It's spring here (May 21st) but...

Where should we Gobi?
2006-05-12, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. By: saradekker

It's been about 30 hours since we arrived in Mongolia. The 30 hours before that we were on the train from Beijing to Ulaan Bataar! It actually went by quite quickly for me because I slept a lot of t...