Ulaan Baatar Mongolia (known as UB) is the capital of Mongolia and the base camp for our 13 day stay in Mongolia. UB is a very diverse town with old buildings and alot of new construction everywhere, the streets are busy with cars and people walking all about. The town is very modern with people on their cell phones and ipods. I know everyone thinks we are roughing it but the truth be told, Kathy and Becky have a very nice 2 bedroom large apartment in the center of the city across from Sukhbaatar Square where we spent two nights. The square is the home of two status of Sukhbaatar (Axe Hero) and Chinggis Khaan (universal king), the square is used for celebrations and the building behind the square is home to the parliament. Around the square you can find just about anything; stores, government buildings, art venues and restaurants, just about any type of food you can think of, tonight we went to a Mexican/India restaurant followed by an Irish pub.
We are now house sitting for some of Kathy and Becky's friends, it's rough, 4 stories in a gated community, of yes did I mention our neighbor is the American Ambassador.
While in UB we hope to visit a few temples, a museum, attend the Naadam Festival.
That is all for tonight, will post soon.
Terri
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Terri - we want to see more pictures of you on the camels and drinking some of the fermented milk in the Gobi! I hope you are having fun b/c I sure am counting down the days you get back! I haven't blown anything up yet so I guess thats good. I hope you guys have a good time and take more pictures!!!
Love Vanessa and Heather
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