24 Hours in Ulaanbaatar
24 Hours in Ulaanbaatar
by Louise Southerden
Ulaanbaatar is a surprising place, a city of one million (half Mongolia’s population) where yesterday’s communism, in the form of Soviet-era buildings and military-parade squares, rubs shoulders with today’s consumerism, in the form of designer brands now taking their place under the Mongolian sun (a larger-than-life Sean Connery graced a billboard outside a new Louis Vuitton store when I was there). Although it’s one of the world’s coldest capitals, daytime temperatures can reach the mid-30s in summer, when you’re likely to see women in sexy sundresses, children playing in fountains and eating gelato, and policemen riding Segways to direct holiday traffic.
by Louise Southerden
Ulaanbaatar is a surprising place, a city of one million (half Mongolia’s population) where yesterday’s communism, in the form of Soviet-era buildings and military-parade squares, rubs shoulders with today’s consumerism, in the form of designer brands now taking their place under the Mongolian sun (a larger-than-life Sean Connery graced a billboard outside a new Louis Vuitton store when I was there). Although it’s one of the world’s coldest capitals, daytime temperatures can reach the mid-30s in summer, when you’re likely to see women in sexy sundresses, children playing in fountains and eating gelato, and policemen riding Segways to direct holiday traffic.
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Keywords: Mongolia Central Asia Cities Destinations Off the Beaten Track Ulaanbaatar
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November 2009
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