Dear bloggers,
After we explored the lovely Kazachstan, our group moved on to the next
stop: Mongolia.We arrived at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport after a three hour plane ride. The international airport is 18 kilometres away from the capital Ulan Bator (or: UB). That’s where we were heading to next.
Of course, we were starving from the trip, so we first had a great local meal.
We ate Khuushuur, dumplings filled with meat and deep fried in mutton fat. OK, it doesn’t sound so appetizing but believe me, it really was!
Now that we had enough strength to move on again, we officially started our journey through Mongolia.
The first sight was the Choijin Lama Temple, the famous Buddhist monastery in UB. Nowadays, the monastery has turned into a museum.
The temples were amazing. They were very inviting with bright colors (mostly red) and huge walls. We were all very impressed. The statue which I liked the most was the statue of Choijin Lama himself, in the main temple.
Choijin Lama was the brother of the ‘Great Khaan’, the emperor of Mongolia in the 19th century.
Maybe you’ve noticed already that our group loves to visit museums. Mongolia has a lot of them to offer us but, unfortunately, we don’t have enough time to visit all of them. We had to move on to our next sight: Sukhbaatar Square.
The square has many impressing
buildings in its property like the Government’s Palace, the Golomt Bank and Sukhbaatar’s
Mausoleum. I really enjoyed spending
some time at the square.
The day passed by so fast again! That’s what happens when you are having
a good time of course. We had to hurry to make it in time at the Ulaanbaatar
Opera House.
The building was magnificent. It’s white and bright pink and it just screams
for attention!
We were about to see Swan Lake, one of my favorite ballets written by the famous Tchaikovsky.
I can’t
wait to tell you guys how the performance was! To be honest, I’m very curious
myself…
Be
sure that you don’t miss the next blog!!!
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