Internet access is available in Ulaanbaatar at business centers (often located in hotels), Internet cafes and at the telephone exchange on Suhkbaatar square. ISPs include Bodicomputers (www.mongolnet.mn), MagicNet (www.magicnet.mn) and Micom (www.micom.com). Internet cafes in Ulaanbaatar charge around MNT 400-800 per hour. Many people use email on the internet.
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Like the Chinese, the Mongolians use a lunar calendar to celebrate traditional holidays, such as the lunar new year. Years are traditionally grouped into five blocks of 12 years. Each block is named after one of the elements (Earth, fire, water etc) and each year is named after the 12 animals of the zodiac.Nomads divide winter into periods of time in multiples of nine, the lucky number for Buddhists. The winter is 81 days long (nine times nine). At the end of the 81st day, Tsagaan Sar (White Month), is widely celebrated as the start of the lunar new year.
Government offices are usually open from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays and lunch hour is 1 pm to 2 pm. Banks are supposed to open from 10 am to 3 pm weekdays. Mongolia introduced a five-day working week in 1998. Most private and state-run businesses open at about 10 am and close sometime between 5 and 8 pm. In the countryside most guanz: (canteens) seem to close for dinner (and often lunch as well). In reality, opening hours are often at the whim of staff. Readmore…
Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia is situated in the valley of Tuul river surrounded by Bogd, Bayanzurkh, Songino and Chingeltei mountains. The altitude of Ulaanbaatar is 1351 meters. Ulaanbaatar occupies 135.800 hectares and has almost half of the country’s population. There are 8 districts in the city such as: Bayangol, Bayanzurkh, Songinokhairkhan, Chingeltei, Sukhbaatar, Khan-Uul, Nalaikh and Baganuur.
Taxis are usually the fastest and preferred method of transportation around the city. Taxis also refer to Jeeps and micro buses that can be used to travel around Mongolia. City taxis come in two flavors; metered and un-metered. Metered taxis are generally yellow and look more professional, they all have working meters so that foreigners know how much to pay. Unmetered taxis usually just look like regular cars but can be slightly cheaper than metered cabs.EMS Postal Service in cooperation with your local Postal office provides reliable international Door-to-Door express courier services, all package cover with insurance. This EMS (Express Mail Service) is considered to be the most preferred economical shipping method with insurance covered all packages, time-definite. In addition, it delivers very quickly, within 4 to 5 working days to reach most of the countries in the world.
For shipping cost-effectively, we strongly recommended this service for shipping the parcel or carton box weight less than 20kgs. Please note that this shipping service is only available as Pre-Paid. Hence we will be billing you this shipping charges according to the actual weight of your ordered. If you wish to know how much it cost to deliver your goods by this option, you can either access to the EMS rate chart below or send a request for shipping rate. EMS branch of Mongolia is located of Central Post Office in the west side Sukhbaatar square.
On Friday, International group who is traveling from Beijing to Paris on 29 rarest cars, produced between 1907-1960, stayed for a while on the Sukhbaatar square of Ulaanbaatar.
{mosimage}There are number of quality tailors in and around UB offering a good service at very good prices. You can generally buy your own material and take it with you or have them supply it for you. Depending on what your requirements are you can have a three piece suit made to measure for as little as 20,000 Tugrug and to a pretty high standard in almost any material available.
{mosimage}There a few photography outlets in UB although they’re a little thin on the ground as far as range and quality are concerned. The MCS plaza building, located on Seoul Street, is now stocking a few Canon products although digital SLR’s are hard to come by, alot of the compact cameras available are over priced and a little grey as well.
{mosimage}Mercury Mart is an indoor food market, situated behind the Brauhaus just off Seoul street. This is the best place to go for cheap fruit and vegetables. At the entrance of the market, there’s a well stocked beer and spirits shop selling everything and anything you could be looking for.
{mosimage}There are plenty of food markets with fresh produce and other goods. Many smaller shops in Mongolia still don't have a supermarket style experience and you are forced to point and ask for goods from the shopkeeper.
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| UB-TOKYO | 3 months | 440$ |
680$ |
| UB-BEIJING | 1 month | 174$ |
280$ |
| UB-SEOUL | 3 months | 350$ |
460$ |
| UB-MOSCOW | 1 month | 315$ |
504$ |
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Ulaanbaatar | Other |
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