Reading Time: 7 minutesThis entry is appearing a week late due to an error on our website. Not being very savvy with these types of problems, it took me awhile to figure out how to resolve the error. Back up and going now. We are back in Ulaanbaatar for about a week before we head… Read more

Reading Time: 8 minutesSaturday was meant for relaxation – meaning, no sightseeing. Sandy did a four-mile run around the Square. She also went for her “Starbucks” time at the coffee shop inside the State Department Store because the Muse Coffee Shop at the museum was closed. We had our Greek salad in the apartment for… Read more

Reading Time: 11 minutesThis week was filled with activities associated with the biggest celebration of the year in Mongolia.  The celebration is called Naadam and has been taking place for hundreds of years.  It is a national celebration and has a New Years feel to it, except that it takes place over several days instead… Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe decided to see another one of the traditional performances (similar to Tumen Ekh a couple of weeks ago).  This one is called Melody of Steppes and it was one of our stranger experiences.  We spent the day relaxing at the apartment and then walked to the Ulaanbaatar Theater (20 minutes) for… Read more

Reading Time: 9 minutesWe are wrapping up our third week here in the capital and it is definitely starting to feel very familiar.  It’s nice to spend this much time in one place.  No moving days and getting into routines, feeling like home. Monday was July 1st and that has generally been an “office day”… Read more

Reading Time: 10 minutesMonday’s plan for getting our workout in was to go on a sightseeing walk from our apartment in the center of Ulaanbaatar to a hill in the south part of the city that overlooks the area.  It is called Zaisan and has a memorial at the top built to honor unknown Soviet… Read more

Reading Time: 10 minutesOur first week in Mongolia has been a nice mix of sightseeing with taking it easy.  The adjustment to the time zone hasn’t been too bad – we’re seven hours ahead of where we have been.  Both of us have had a morning or two where we’d wake up early and have… Read more