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How do I love Mongolia? Let me Count the Ways.
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October 17th 2008 by Tara Munch
Ten great things about living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
1. How cool is living abroad?
2. It is a city dotted with gers (yerts), trippy and fascinating!
3. It has a great, quirky, laid back attitude
4. Elderly people still dress in traditional costumes
5. Being small here means that I am lucky so people want to touch me (okay not always a good thing but pretty cool all the same)
6. There are movie theaters, restaurants, paved roads and strangers here! (hey, two years in Alaska people!)
7. I love my job!
8. I am learning Mongolian.
9. There are cows, horses, goats, and sheep in the riverbed next to the Sky shopping center. This is in the middle of town and connected to the most prestigious hotel in the country. That is just entertaining.
10. A thriving art and music community.
11. Very nice people (who love to sing!)
Ten Interesting things to see and Do in Ulaanbaatar
1. It is a city dotted with gers (yurts), trippy and fascinating!
2. There are random pigs heads in the meat section of my local store
3. Strange soviet architecture. They even have a Soviet Square.
4. Crossing the street (try it sometime)
5. Watching an old man fix a Russian jeep engine with a metal nail file.
6. Mongolian wrestling (watching not trying is my recommendation)
7. The fireworks every night for unknown reasons
8. Trying to mime that you need milk that isn’t from China
9. Shopping in gers
10. Having random children come up to you to say “hello” in English and then run away laughing…
I told you I would write again when I was less crabby!
Broken down
I think he ended up fixing the engine with a rubber band. The Mongolian people are geniuses at keeping things running.
3 Comments - Add Public Comment or Send Private Message
October 27th 2008 - Mom:
Interesting pictures!
February 6th 2009 - Matthew: Yes, you love it here, younger brother. But can you put up with living here?
But can you put up with living here?
I've lived here for a year and a half. Got questios? ask me.
February 6th 2009 - Matthew: It gets old real fast.
I'm an American who has lived in Ulaanbaatar for more than a year and a half. If you come here for a few weeks in the summertime, you'll think it's the greatest country in the world. If you actually live here for some real time, you'll get sick of the BS, idiocy, etc., very fast.
For example: I taught at two universities last year. Mongolian university students seem to think that the way to get a diploma is to cheat, beg, and whine your way to it. The idea of actually studying, going to class, and passing exams is totally foreign for Mongolian students.
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