Fall/Mongolia

Fall, spent studying ‘til sunset on the bank of the Angara.

Irkutsk center. I work here, at lingua-center ABC

Capital building

Eternal Fire, behind the capital. Directly ahead is a bridge that leads to the bank of the river (shown next)

Our address in Mongolia. Fully furnished apartments rented to us each for $8/night

Looking out from a mountainside at the city, close-up of a Buddhist shrine.

A memorial at the top of said mountainside.

Ulaanbaatar city

This charming fellow is just everywhere…

Blue Sky tower, directly across from the capital square.

The capital of Mongolia.

When I say Genghis Khan is popular… I mean that not only is every other shop and restaurant named after him, but there’s a 40m steel horse and rider in the middle of nowhere recently dedicated to him. (Several pictures of this epic statue coming up)

Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khaan), 12th century ruler of Mongolia, the only military power to conquer Russia in written history, “Man of the Millennium”, and still very popular in Mongolia.

Best of all, you can climb out onto the horse’s mane, and look out over the Mongolian mountainous plains.

An ancient monastery museum in the middle of the city.