Une Canadienne Errante: Sukhbaatar Square

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.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

The State Opera and Ballet Theatre

Lonely Planet describes the State Opera and Ballet Theatre as the salmon-pinkish building at the Southeast end of Sukhbaatar Square, and they definitely not wrong about that, but maybe I'm reading a little too much into it, but it seems like the author of LP doesn't think much of salmon-pinkish buildings, as though he thinks the State Opera and Ballet Theatre would have been better suited with a different colour. To be honest, yes, it is a weird colour, but I've never seen a building that colour before, so it's interesting to me (incidentally, UB has at least three buildings that are a salmon-pinkish colour-- maybe they got a huge discount on stucco/paint that colour). I also like th big concrete lions at the entrance and the Corinthian columns. Walking into the theatre on a day when there is an opera or ballet is really very exciting. Stay tuned to see what the inside of the theatre looks like (which I'll put up in a later post).

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Sukhbaatar Square

Hello? Is anybody reading? Will someone please leave a comment? Or become a follower of this blog? Please! Hello? Harro? Is anybody reading?

Here are some photos of the big Ghenghis Khan Statue in Sukhbaatar Square. Sometimes, there are big events in Sukhbaatar Square, so sometimes, if I'm very bored or lonely, I'll walk to Sukhbaatar Square and see what's up. If I'm lucky, there's something going on. If I'm not lucky, at least I know there will be all kinds of people walking, biking, rollerblading, playing chess, just hanging out. It's nice. It's definitely something I like about Ulaanbaatar.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Chess

Mongolians like chess. At the southern end of Sukhbaatar Square, I came across all these people sitting around playing chess. The man sitting at the front of the first picture gestured that I should join him for a game, but I was too shy because I don't know how to speak Mongolian and I don't know how to play chess. If I did know how to play chess, it would have been such a good experience. Oh well, at least they were cool with my taking their photos*.

*These photos were taken with my iPhone, btw, not with my Canon.