Archive for December, 2008
Mongolian Border and Customs
Every traveler arriving in Mongolia must complete a customs declaration, which should be retained until departure. This allows the free import and re-export of articles intended for personal use for duration of stay. These are prohibited to import and export: guns weapons ammunition without special permission explosive [...]
Long song or Urtiin duu of Mongolia
Urtiin duu, or 'long song' is known as a unique traditional singing style. It's one of the oldest genres of Mongolian musical art, dating back to the 13th century. Urtiin duu involves extraordinarily complicated, drawn-out vocal sounds. It is evocative of vast, wide spaces and it demands great skill and talent from the singers in their breathing [...]
Museums in Ulaanbaatar
Natural History Museum This is definitely a place you do not want to miss out on visiting, you can actually touch all of the exhibits on show including a large meteorite sat in the middle of the floor and a Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil! The museum is very popular with school groups and most visitors to the country. The museum contains exhibits from [...]
English Teacher and Tutoring
There is a huge demand for "Native" English speakers as English teachers. Anyone who is interested in teaching English will have no trouble getting employment and a work visa through a school or organization. However, the pay is generally low compared to other countries. Though it'll usually be just enough for room and board plus a little [...]
Domestic Transportation
Domestic travel includes planes, trains and automobiles. For foreigners, flying is expensive as there are two rates applied to all tickets: local and foreign. Airfares for trips from Ulaanbaatar to a provincial center range in cost from $200-$300 round trip. The Trans-Mongolian Railway operates on a 24-hour basis and connects northern Mongolia [...]
Zaisan Memorial
The Zaisan memorial was erected by the Russian’s to commemorate those killed in the second world war between Russia and Germany and Mongolia and Japan and the ensuing peace between these countries. And the unknown soldiers who died during other various wars. Many Mongolians do not know about the war in Europe and have little understanding of [...]
Communication & Broadcast
Mongolian modern telecommunication history started in 1898 when the first telephone communication line was laid to connect Khyahta with Da Khuree (present Ulanbator) and made the first international call in 1930. Nowadays Mongolia uses satellite service for overseas calls. It is possible to call abroad from the major hotels and local calls are [...]
Population of Mongolia
Mongols are one of the great races of mankind, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, Kazakh and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. Mongolians have developed into who they are from their intimate relationship with the vast lands of Mongolia. Nowadays, more than 10 million [...]
Mongolian Horses
There is some scientific supposition that horses originated in Mongolia. The ancestor of hoofed animals — toe-nailed animals (condylarter) was found in 1924 in Mongolia by Andrew's expedition. Later, international expeditions have found proof of these suppositions in Mongolian territory and have made a comparative research. Mongolia is often [...]
English teaching jobs
For the native English speaker there is plenty of opportunity to teach English privately – normally for more than the schools pay but with less job security and often without a work visa. Jobs are normally advertised in the English language newspapers The Mongol messenger and The UB Post which can be picked up from the Central Post Office and [...]