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Mongolia 2011

Tsetserleg, Mongolia, is now one of Bellingham, Washington's seven sister cities. Join me on the journey that made it all official...
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Lots of the apartments had an old, Soviet feel to them--probably because the Soviets occupied Mongolia until 1990.
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Lots of the apartments had an old, Soviet feel to them--probably because the Soviets occupied Mongolia until 1990.

  • Ikh Tamir was home to an amazing garden project.
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  • Back in Tsetserleg, I got to enjoy lunch at Bolor's aunt's house.
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  • Bolor's aunt (a professor at the teachers college), me, and Bolor. My money belt makes me look HUGE!
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  • If you ever find yourself in Tsetserleg, stay at the Fairfield. The staff speaks English, and they have lovely, hot showers...
  • My room for the 10 days I spent in Tsetserleg.
  • Did I mention that the Fairfield served hamburgers? Made from beef? Oh, and they had a bakery, too.
  • How to assemble a ger.
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  • Lots of the apartments had an old, Soviet feel to them--probably because the Soviets occupied Mongolia until 1990.
  • Inside one of the old apartments.
  • Everyone needs a Chinggis wall hanging.
  • The Soviets weren't ones for aesthetics...
  • Ah, the mysterious "yellow powder."
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