Dusty Globe » Ulaanbaator http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:04:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Ulaanbaatar Photos http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2010/09/28/ulaanbaator-photos/ http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2010/09/28/ulaanbaator-photos/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:34:10 +0000 katya http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/?p=964 More Photos…

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The Black Market is one of the largest open-air markets in Asia. Visitors can purchase anything from a ger (Mongolian tent) to solar panels or antiques there.…

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Not really sure what to make of this...…

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Overall, the city feels stuck sometime in the 1970s– what else could possibly explain the sheer number of discos? In addition to discos, pubs seem to be the main form of entertainment for locals.…

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