Hanging Monastery

I Can't Believe It's Not (ulaan) Baatar!

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October 9th 2005
So we made it out of Mongolia, though it took a bit of work. Last we wrote, we were on our 5th bonus day in Ulaan Baatar with no prospects of getting out. The last day we went to the station at opening as per our daily regimen, and were denied for the 4th straight time. A few days earlier, when the agent couldn't find us a ticket we thought we heard her mention something about going directly to ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more