The Buddha's Statue of northern direction

The simple life....at the centre of the universe

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September 20th 2010
When I created this entry a couple of weeks ago and entitled it 'the simple life', I was naively unaware as to just how simple life would be! And as to the 'centre of the universe' comment, two lovely VSO volunteers, Robin and Sally, from the UK had been living here for two years and this is how they repeatedly described Darkhan to me (and also repeated it in the book about the city they were so g ... read more

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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