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Here is the fifth thread about my train journey, in last july, from Moscow to Beijing.
- the first thread (about Moscow) :http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1228115&highlight=
- the second thread (about Siberia) :http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1230031&highlight=
- the third thread (about the Baikal):http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1232523&highlight=
- the fourth thread (about the journey from Irkoutsk to Ulan Bator) :http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1236449&highlight=
First, what about some music for the ambience :
See the reason of this particuliar choice at the end of the thread...
1- Let's start by the surroundings of Ulan Bator. Here is the Transmongolian, but seen behind the windows of a bus :
2-
3- Some huge antennas near Ulan Bator :
4-
5- Police checkpoint ?
6- French chocolates !
7- Eagles :
8- Entering a very touristic valley, not far from Ulan Bator :
9- Budhist monument. We were supposed to go three times around this stones heap while throwing stones on it to make it bigger. It brings luck.
10-
11- Goats and sheeps on the hills :
12- While we go further into the valley, there is not a true road anymore, just an earth track. Here is the "Turtle Rock" :
13-
14-
15- Continuing by foot towards our place of accomodation, deep in the valley :
16- Meeting some Mongolian riders on the way :
17- And some cute little cows :
18-
19- They have ladas there too !
20- And some yaks :
21- Ah... the quiet rural life of Switzer... Mongolia !
22-
23-
24- Our yurts for one night :
25-
26- Leaving back the valley, the next day :
27- Lot of people in Mongolia :
28-
29- Passing in front of a muslim cemetery on the way back to Ulan Bator :
30- Lot of cars, there was probably some funerals that day :
31-
32- Some kind of military base along the road :
33- Again the transmongolian seen from the bus :
34-
35- A budhist temple in Ulan Bator (there was a huge statue inside the temple but we couldn't take picture of it without paying) :
36-
37-
38- Buildings going up in Ulan Bator :
39- In a great restaurant of Ulan Bator :
40- The view from my hotel room :
41- Other views :
42- Tower blocks :
43- Abandonned (?) budhist temple :
44- On the great square of Ulan Bator :
45-
46-
47- Mongolian parliament :
48- Mongolian skyscraper :
49- Mongolian hero :
50- Mongolian stock exchange :
51- Mongolian svastikas :
52-
53- The State Department store, the central point of meeting for every tourist visiting Mongolia (Chinese, Russian, French, etc.) :
54-
55- Consumption at its best !
56- Another building near the store :
57- Various pictures of the city :
58-
59-
60-
61- Kids playing football in the street :
62- That's the amount I had to pay for my dinner in an Ulan Bator restaurant. It's not as expensive as it appears... it's just that Mongolian love bank notes !
63- This "signal" graffiti was everywhere in the city... very strange :
64- Gang sign ? Let's go to google to have an answer !
Next part : Leaving Ulan Bator and experiencing the Gobi desert.
Coming soon !
- the first thread (about Moscow) :http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1228115&highlight=
- the second thread (about Siberia) :http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1230031&highlight=
- the third thread (about the Baikal):http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1232523&highlight=
- the fourth thread (about the journey from Irkoutsk to Ulan Bator) :http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1236449&highlight=
First, what about some music for the ambience :
1- Let's start by the surroundings of Ulan Bator. Here is the Transmongolian, but seen behind the windows of a bus :

2-

3- Some huge antennas near Ulan Bator :

4-

5- Police checkpoint ?

6- French chocolates !

7- Eagles :

8- Entering a very touristic valley, not far from Ulan Bator :

9- Budhist monument. We were supposed to go three times around this stones heap while throwing stones on it to make it bigger. It brings luck.

10-

11- Goats and sheeps on the hills :

12- While we go further into the valley, there is not a true road anymore, just an earth track. Here is the "Turtle Rock" :

13-

14-

15- Continuing by foot towards our place of accomodation, deep in the valley :

16- Meeting some Mongolian riders on the way :

17- And some cute little cows :

18-

19- They have ladas there too !

20- And some yaks :

21- Ah... the quiet rural life of Switzer... Mongolia !

22-

23-

24- Our yurts for one night :

25-

26- Leaving back the valley, the next day :

27- Lot of people in Mongolia :

28-

29- Passing in front of a muslim cemetery on the way back to Ulan Bator :

30- Lot of cars, there was probably some funerals that day :

31-

32- Some kind of military base along the road :

33- Again the transmongolian seen from the bus :

34-

35- A budhist temple in Ulan Bator (there was a huge statue inside the temple but we couldn't take picture of it without paying) :

36-

37-

38- Buildings going up in Ulan Bator :

39- In a great restaurant of Ulan Bator :

40- The view from my hotel room :

41- Other views :

42- Tower blocks :

43- Abandonned (?) budhist temple :

44- On the great square of Ulan Bator :

45-

46-

47- Mongolian parliament :

48- Mongolian skyscraper :

49- Mongolian hero :

50- Mongolian stock exchange :

51- Mongolian svastikas :

52-

53- The State Department store, the central point of meeting for every tourist visiting Mongolia (Chinese, Russian, French, etc.) :

54-

55- Consumption at its best !

56- Another building near the store :

57- Various pictures of the city :

58-

59-

60-

61- Kids playing football in the street :

62- That's the amount I had to pay for my dinner in an Ulan Bator restaurant. It's not as expensive as it appears... it's just that Mongolian love bank notes !

63- This "signal" graffiti was everywhere in the city... very strange :

64- Gang sign ? Let's go to google to have an answer !

Next part : Leaving Ulan Bator and experiencing the Gobi desert.
Coming soon !