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Mongolia Part 1

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June 26th 2014
Two hours after we left Beijing, our plane touched down in Ulaanbaatar, a world away. Mongolians speak a guttural language that sounds closer to Russian than to Chinese and it is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Almost nothing is translated into English, and the Soviet-era architecture renders the buildings indistinguishable from each other, so our first impressions were surrealistic and disorien ... read more

Asia » Mongolia

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The Mongols gained fame in the 13th century when under Chinggis KHAN they conquered a huge Eurasian empire. After his death the empire was divided into several powerful Mongol states, but these broke apart in the 14th century. The Mongols eventually ... ... read more