Dawn in Ulaan Baatar
I got off the Trans-Siberian express at 7 am after four nights of irregular sleep, placing my dusty shoes on the pavement of the Ulaan Bataar railway station. When tired and hungry, you are an easy target for the shadowy existences walking around here. Luckily it was Sunday morning and the Mongols tend to sleep a lot.
But the traffic is crazy. Within ten minutes I saw my first collision. With a large coal power plant visible outside the city, the smog is quite heavy and someone told me that during winter the sight range is ten meters!
View of the city from Zaisan hill.
And before I even got off the train I saw two people taking a dump next to the railway track. Welcome to Mongolia.
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“Taking a dump”, is that what I think it is? Not sure if that is typical Mongolian.. I even saw that take place in Paris – “the city of love & culture”… :-)
Yeah, it is what you think. Later on I saw that in the street as well.
In Paris? I thought it was doggy litter on the streets. Blimey. The city of love, culture and poo. :)
Haha.. They should use that in their commercials…
Borat was right about the peoples of Central Asian….. but at least they are better that the Middle Earth types.lol.
@Thane: Meeting weird people is often the funniest part of a journey. :)
I know one weird character i met in Thailand… and oupps, I got engaged with him.. lol.
I agree… meeting people his half the excitement about the travelling..
One of my favorite weirdos was the guy in Frankfurt who had a “No fear” cap, and tried to light a cigarette on the tarmac next to people who were filling the tank of an Airbus. :)
Well at least the codger in Frankfurt had the courage to try to live up to the “No Fear” on his cap. The way he was going he wouldn’t have to do it a second time.lol
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