first glimpse

Before I left, I promised everyone I'd keep a blog so that they could keep track of my Mongolian adventure. I'll do my best to post regularly (especially photos/videos) as, let's face it; in the scheme of places people go on holiday, Mongolia isn't normally high on the list.

My impression from my first two days here (hardly enough time to make much of one, to be honest) I can confirm these things:

The landscape is amazing (these are from the plane so forgive me!):

This was literally my first glimpse

UB from above

I call this Ger love

The sky really is as blue as they come:

Gandantegchenling Monastery

Soviet Monument

Looking out over UB from the Soviet Monument

The children are adorable:

"Moses" amongst the pigeons

 The pollution is..well, this is only the beginning:

The smudged view of UB from the Soviet monument.

Power station

 The culture is amazing:

One of the many Shaman masks used in the traditional performance we attended on Tuesday night

I have an amazing video to share but I'm having trouble uploading it...next time.


Ax