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- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Asia
- Surrogate Parents - The Return of Ghenghis Khan - Little Yurt On The Prairie - Wild Wild East - Will The Real Mongolian Please Stand Up? - Chopsticks and Train Tracks |
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August 19, 2004
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like AsiaDAY 300: It's somewhat fitting that I stumbled upon a interracial wedding party taking a big new family portrait in Soviet Square in Ulan Ude (picture below, which I took by posing as one of the many wedding photographers). The...Read this entry Surrogate ParentsDAY 301: Ulan Baatar (pronounced Ulan BAAT'r), which means "Red Hero," has been the capital of Mongolia since its "independence" from the Manchu Dynasty by help of the Russian Bolsheviks ("Independence" is in quotes because Mongolia eventually fell under the...Read this entry The Return of Ghenghis KhanDAY 302: "Between the National History Museum and the Natural History Museum, which one is better?" I asked Tatiana at her Legend Tours' office after arranging an excursion to the nearby Mongolian countryside the next day. "I think the Natural...Read this entry August 23, 2004
Little Yurt On The PrairieDAY 303: I've titled this one "Little Yurt On The Prairie," playing off of the title of the book and 70s television show Little House On The Prairie. I never read the book, nor do I remember the TV show...Read this entry August 25, 2004
Wild Wild EastDAY 304: I've never been a cowboy in the traditional old American Wild Wild West sort of way, but I've seen a lot of classic Westerns. Actually, that's not true, I've only see a couple -- or three if you...Read this entry Will The Real Mongolian Please Stand Up?DAY 305: Being of Filipino descent, my physical appearance blended in pretty well in South America, making me able to walk amongst the locals "undetected" -- until I tried to say something and my cover was blown. I bring this...Read this entry August 26, 2004
Chopsticks and Train TracksDAY 306: I woke up early that morning in Ulan Baatar to catch my 8:05 a.m. train to Beijing, China. Everything was packed and read to go by seven -- except for one thing: my watch....Read this entry |