My wife recently returned to Korea from Mongolia, where she took a couple of photographs. Not many, granted, but here are some of Gandan Xiid Monastery, the only Buddhist temple in Ulan Bator to survive the communist era:
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Look at that blue, blue sky. I’ll bet the temperatures are freezing, though.
Very close; probably just below freezing;
http://geography.about.com/od/.....apital.htm
Very nice pictures.
“Look at that blue, blue sky. I’ll bet the temperatures are freezing, though.”
I thought, “It’s too early in the morning for me to be depressed,” and then I looked at the sky in one of the banners at the top of the page.
Even worse…I just looked out the window.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.....re_map.gif
How much are they charging for admission these days? Last summer it was something like 15,000 togruk and shoestring traveller I am, I decided not to go inside. One of my few regrets from my time in Mongolia.
Good photos–is the temple represntative of Mongolian architecture (of the non-yurt variety)?
Hey, Americans can soon buy their own yurts:
http://www.mongolyurt.com/en/shop/
Wonderful pictures! I must get up there sometime.
“Hey, Americans can soon buy their own yurts:
http://www.mongolyurt.com/en/shop/”
7500$? I wonder how much one goes for in Mongolia.
I think that *is* represntative of Mongolian *temple* architecture — did they construct many other types of “permanent” buildings before the 20th Cen? Notable how completely different it is from Korean architecture…
Yeah, Corpy Carly, you missed out by not going inside. The giant buddha statue is breathtaking. I went during Chuseok, and I am itching to go back.
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