Une Canadienne Errante

That's me! Just another wandering Canadian, moving around the globe, always looking for my next adventure and my next destination! I started this blog because, before I made the decision to move to Mongolia, I wanted to see what my new city would look like, but all I could find when I searched for images of Mongolia were landscape images. I had no clue what Ulaanbaatar looked like right up until the day I landed. This blog was born so maybe other people might have a better sense of what Ulaanbaatar looks like, if they want or need to know. I've been an expatriate in Ulaanbaatar since September, but before that, I lived in Korea, Kuwait, and France. I'm considering moving to Myanmar in June-- I'll keep you posted. I'm kind of a homebody and a loner, but I also like to walk around a lot, which provides plenty of opportunities for pictures and observations. Being a loner, I rarely share my observations with others, but I'll share some here. I never proofread and rarely edit, so sorry in advance for all the typoes that are likely to sneak their way into this blog.

Friday, November 5, 2010

State Opera and Ballet Theatre 3

The other week, I arrived at the State Opera and Ballet Theatre to find a before-the-show performance of throat singing and traditional instruments (and free wine!).  Check out the morin khuur (pronounced 'moron whore', remember? check out my earlier post "A Moron Whore" for the whole spiel on pronunciation) and the badass horsehead contrabass!  Also, with regard to the weird circular dot in front of the morin khuur, I'm not sure what it is or how it got in the picture.  None of the pictures which I took either immediately before or immediately after this one (within seconds of taking this one) had the same dot on them, so I don't think I had anything on my lens.  The only other explanation I can think of is a ghosty... we all know that opera houses and old theatres are all haunted, anyway, so it's a likely story...

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