Way back in June 2005 I posted a entry to Thomo’s Hole called Dancing Trees and Pretty Girls. This was a post as a result of having been out to Dugan Khad, and at the time, I got the directions all screwed up. This post is to correct some of the errors from that original [...]
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In perhaps the best kept secret in the world the Mongolians have, according to their newest hotel, opened a Conference and Exhibition Centre and a Subway in Ulaanbaatar. The image to the right here (click on it to read the full size text) appeared on the front page of the website of the Corporate Hotel, [...] The UB Post, Mongolia’s best (well I think it is) English Language newspaper have restored their website to the world again. It has been off the air for a few weeks. Today they noted: Dear readers, We apology for mistakenly erased all the contents together with user information created since last December. We found this [...]  thomo the lost posted this in  Asia Pacific, Food, Korea, Mongolia, Odd Notes, travel on  March 22nd, 2007“James Brown Park” in the UB Post in an article titled Seoul Food talks about Korean Food in Ulaanbaatar. He notes I like Korean food. Yes, it is more limited than Chinese as shown to me not long ago when I was shepherding some Korean businessmen around town who had brought kimchee, canned sesame [...] It snowed this morning for the first time this coming season. Technically it is still autumn as the Central Heating in Ulaanbaatar is not turned on until 15 September but this morning was as cold as a mother-in-law’s kiss and it snowed. Bucket loads of it dropped, then melted. I remember waking up and thinking [...] The Balloons over the Children’s Park, Ulaanbaatar Yes gentle reader, I looked out of my back room window (the study window), the one facing east and that looks towards the Children’s Park in Ulaanbaatar and there, a few days ago in the morning, were three hot air balloons. They were being inflated. I got [...] A single raincloud approaches Ulaanbaatar It was a hot day today in Ulaanbaatar. Hot and dry. Late in the afternoon, early evening (right about now in fact), there is some rain in the area. This is accompanied by lightning and thunder and some local cool winds. I will admit to feeling a wee bit [...] Apparently some academic, or academics, have come up with the idea of renaming Ulaanbaatar “Chinggis Khaan”. The city government is considering this idea at the moment. It must be true, it was on the evening news last night . The reasons given for the potential name change were: It will attract more tourists Chinggis Khaan, [...] It’s that time of year again – the time of year when they check all the hot water pipes from the central boiler in Ulaanbaatar. Remember that all the hot water for the city, for heating, washing and cleaning, comes from this boiler. This has been compounded for me this year as I am in [...] ’tis true. How boring international travel can be. Lots of waiting around. The same old boring things – taxis, check in counters, Duty Free Shops that are all the same no matter which country you are in and just waiting, waiting, waiting. Liven up that next trip. Travel with an ironing board. I did! It [...]  Tags: airport, Beijing, China, Ikea, mongoilia, travel, Ulaanbaatar | 
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