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Mongolian Military to Send Troops to Afghanistan
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 24 July 2009
Mongolia has proven eager to flex its muscles on the international stage. The army recently announced that it would deploy about 150 soldiers to Afghanistan. About 120 of these will help guard a military base and then around 25 will be training the Afghan army in weapons use and maintenance. Apparently Mongolia is good at this sort of work because they were trained to use Soviet weapons back in the day and the Afghans still use Soviet hardware left over from their war with the USSR. You can read all about it here.
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City Slickers
Blog: Timothy Allen on BBC Earth - 17 July 2009
There's something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man
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There’s No Place Like Home
Blog: Timothy Allen on BBC Earth - 10 July 2009
A Mongolian home... built in 60 seconds!
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You are in Mongolia… really?
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 2 July 2009
Tamara Sanderson is a Kiva Fellow with Xacbank in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Danzan Ravjaa's Treasure to be Revealed
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 23 June 2009
Anyone want to see buried treasure dug up from the Gobi? I thought so. As many of you are aware the personal belongings of Danzan Ravjaa were buried in the Gobi Desert in the 1930s. Much of it has been brought out of the ground and can be viewed at the Danzan Ravjaa Museum in Sainshand. Some of it still lies in the Gobi. But on Aug 1 a few of the crates containing Danzan Ravjaa’s belongings will be dug up. The event will be broadcast over the internet.
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The Power of Connection
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 12 June 2009
Tamara Sanderson, KF8 Mongolia During Kiva Fellows Training, Kiva Fellows Director JD Bergeron emphasized the word connect within Kiva’s mission statement: “to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.” He said that without the connection factor, Kiva would not exist. I mentally agreed with him at the time, but after reflecting on my first [...]
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New Travel Route Open Between Mongolia and China
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 8 June 2009
According to "China Hospitality News" website, a new travel route has opened up between Mongolia and China. The border crossing near Bulgan soum, Khovd Aimag is now open to tourists with a valid Chinese visa. Having crossed the border you'll be in northern Xinjiang province.
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A New Prez
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 26 May 2009
Mongolia is full of surprises and this election is no different. Elbegdorj assumed the “change” mantle and managed to convince enough voters that he could deliver. I’ll need to eat my words after predicting earlier that Enkhbayar would win!
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Elbegdorj Hangs Tough in Mongolia Presidential Polls
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 1 May 2009
For those of you following the Presidential elections in Mongolia, there is a bit of a surprise from the latest Sant Maral poll. Here is an excerpt from the report:
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Nuclear Power for Mongolia? You betcha.
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 27 April 2009
So the IAEA has come and gone. Here is the follow up article. You'll find the crucial information in the last paragraph, where it says:Mongolia plans to establish its nuclear power plant in 2021.
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Trans Mongolian Railway FAQ
Blog: Hackpacker - 25 April 2009
Here's a few questions people have been asking since I got back about planning their own Trans Mongolian/Siberian trip:Do I need to book a ticket on the Trans Mongolian?
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Dateline "Mongoolia" now available in... Estonian?!
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 22 April 2009
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Mongolia and a Nuclear Future?
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 17 April 2009
Xinhua is reporting that the Director-General of the IAEA is going to visit Mongolia next week. The report simply states that Mohamed el Baradei is going to hold meetings with the president and prime minister.
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Trans-Siberia Railway Guide released
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 14 April 2009
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On accents
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 6 April 2009
It drives me batty when people imitate what they percieve to be an American accent in Spanish. If they did it well, or reliably, or if they actually sounded like what Americans sound like when they speak Spanish, or if I myself had a strong accent in Spanish, perhaps I would take to it more kindly, think it cute. Instead I've got my blood cells jumping up and down in a jumpity motion we call boiling.
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Mongolian Presidential Election called for May
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 26 March 2009
It’s official. A date has been set for the Mongolian presidential election. The General Election Committee has stated that the election will take place on Sunday, May 24. The list of candidates is yet to be determined. Quite a different scene compared to the US presidential elections, which saw candidates stumping some two years ahead of the elections. We are two months from these Mongolian elections and nobody knows the candidates yet! One would think that the incumbent president Enkhbayar would run again, but this is not a sure thing.
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New Documentary on Hovsgol Nuur
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 11 February 2009
Every couple of years Mongolia great wide wilderness spawns a new eco-doc. Whether it be about takhi horses, falconers or taiman fish, Mongolia is something of a hot bed of documentaries on the environment. The latest contribution comes Steffan Schulz, a documentary filmmaker who gives us Hovsgol Nuur.
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Mongolia and the Global Recession
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 27 January 2009
Despite Mongolia’s small economy it has not been immune to the global economic recession. The problems in Mongolia are the same as everywhere – no liquidity in the markets, falling housing prices, high unemployment, banks collapsing, inflation etc… Because of the falling copper prices a lot of the mining investment is drying up. Boroo Gold and BHP Billiton are both closing shop. Rio Tinto is downsizing, AIDD (Australian International Diamond Drilling) is bankrupt. As a result many of the expat mining guys (and their money) are leaving town.
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2009 Land Rover Challenge in Mongolia cancelled
Blog: Yurts, Yaks and other adventures on the Silk Road - 19 December 2008
The Land Rover G4 Challenge, which was supposed to take place in Mongolia in the summer of 2009, has been cancelled. Land Rover blames the worldwide recession, saying it does not have the funds to sponsor the event. This is a real shame because its these kinds of eco-tourism events that Mongolia relies on to support its economy. The event would have brought in much needed tourist dollars and would have required a large local support staff. That money and those jobs are now gone with the wind.
