Morin Khuur Statue & Seated Buddha

Mongolia


Two monuments, linked by a (worryingly wobbly) pedestrian bridge, cross a busy road and form two ends of an arch, as it were, spanning the gap between old and new Darkhan. Locals come here to socialise at sunset and enjoy a view across the city's skyline.


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