Shopping in Ölgii
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Altai Craft
This project employs 40 women to create traditional Kazakh handicrafts. You can visit the workshop, watch how the products are made and even take a free one-hour lesson in chain-stitch embroidery. Items available include chalk bags, yoga mats, bike bags, cushion covers and wall hangings. A book exchange is also available. The workshop is behind the market and a little hard to find so you may want to call ahead.
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Market
The Market has a decent selection of food supplies imported from Russia and China. Traditional Kazakh skullcaps and jackets can also be found amid the chaos. How and why the shopkeepers have 'Boots' plastic bags is a mystery to us. There's a small charge to get into the enclosed part of the market where all the food is.
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Art Shop Burkit
Local craftsman Narbek Khasim is a silversmith by trade but has recently entered the eagle-hunting accessory market, producing gauntlets, eagle hoods, belts and leather goods. He speaks English and is also a two-time tae kwon do national champion (of Kazakhstan) - one of Ölgii's more interesting characters.
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Aimag Museum Gift Shop
If you are on the hunt for Kazakh wall hangings and felt rugs, check out the gift shop in the Aimag Museum. It has antiques and new items including fox fur hats (US$70), wall hangings (US$70) and felt mats (US$40).
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Otau Cooperative
Sells Kazakh handbags (around Tug6000 to around Tug100), felt mats (around Tug100 to around Tug150) hats (around Tug7000) and other handicrafts made by around 30 local women. It's next to the Bastau Hotel.
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Sunkhar Supermarket
A convenient place to pick up food and supplies is the Sunkhar Supermarket, just west of the Tavan Bogd Hotel.
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