Monday, November 13, 2006

ulaanbaatar on a saturday tour



the meeting place was at sukhbaatar square, 10:00 a.m. we boarded two buses in front of the opera house. the itinerary consists of visits to different museums, the central library, the gandan monastery, and the russian memorial monument.




this is the main square at the heart of the city. a large statue of sukhbaatar, the famous patriot characterizes the square which was named after this historic figure.






the UB city hall facing sukhbaatar square











an edifice nearing completion to house the monuments of chinggis khan and his sons













the parliament building











at National Museum of Mongolian History

1 comment:

Ivett M. said...

Is the Bible really your favourite book? Anyway, I like you somehow, Joe. And Mongolia seems so interesting. I'm mexican, so all what I've heard come from japanese people. It seems Mongolia is the cradle of all of you. wow!