ten days in Ulaanbaatar

October 13, 2016 to October 23, 2016

We arrived in UB on Thursday afternoon. We will be spending nine days here, in hindsight maybe too long, but we had to arrange a Vietnam visa and the flights got much more expensive on short notice. We made it to UB just in time before the winter.

Downtown Ulaanbaatar. The city surprised us with nice sidewalks, lots of shops and a nice square.

The house of a Dutchman married to a mongolian woman. He made Gers, she worked in government and had connections to help us get a visa to leave Mongolia. We crossed into Mongolia without "registering" within 30 days even though we could stay 90 days.

Pigeons in front of the Gandantegchinlen Monastery.

A Turkish swerling Dervish in an Ulaanbaatar street. There is a strong friendship between Turkey and Mongolia. We have not yet figured out the reason.

Back at Sukbaatar or Chinggis Khan Square.

Walking around we stumble on this (closed) park with a nice collection of old trains.

Very soviet looking locomotive. The thing is massive.

Ulaanbaatar, modern buildings and older soviet housing blocks.

New highrise under construction right next to the Gers.

The Zaisan Memorial, a communist monument on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar.

Roof details on the Bogd Khan winter palace. The place is closed today, but with a camera fee of more than US$20 Patrick doubts we will be back.

In hindsight we probably should have just husseled and left sooner because it appears that because we are overstaying the 30 days without "registering" (even though we are allowed in the country for 90 days) this is going to cost us. More about that later.

In the mean time we will post some photos of our sightseeing and chores in UB, but don't expect exiting updates until we reach Vietnam: Week 83 on 10/23.

Journal continues in Vietnam

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