Today was the first official
day of our group trip in Mongolia. We started of in the morning by
going to a temple in UB - the Gandantegchinlen Monastery. Looked like most of the temples we've seen
on the way through China except this one wasn't as well maintained as
those in China - and somehow not as "fake" as in China where many of the temples and other buildings were new concrete buildings and too shiny.
Then it was off to a guided
tour of the national museum which was really interesting since it was
with good English signs and explanations. It took us through the last
4000 years or so of Mongolian history including some very nice
exhibitions of traditional dresses as well as the contemporary
history of present day Mongolia.
We also had the opportunity to go to
the "Black market" but we have seen and visited so many
markets in the other countries, so instead we went for some shopping
in UB on our own including stocking up on wine for our camping trip
the next few days. And then back to the hotel to utilise the Internet
to do some Skyping and some planning for Canada – which is not the
many weeks away.
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| Dodjo - or Mongolian guide - is telling us about UB |
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| Temple in UB |
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| Prayer wheels |
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| Prayer wheels |
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| Mikkel in front of the temple |
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| The temple with the Mongolian touch . a ger next to it |
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| The great National history museum |
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