Statuary

There are a lot of statues in Mongolia.  This one is in the Bayangol district, near where my part-time job is.  The first time I walked past, I was struck by the huge knockers on this broad (sorry feminists-- I'm a woman and that's my word choice!), but after I took the picture, I noticed that the shop behind this statue is the "Intimate Sex Shop"... perfect!

Sukhbaatar Square

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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.

Asian Cowboys

I said it on facebook and I got, like, six "likes" for it, but I'm really slowly but surely coming to the conclusion that Mongolians are just a bunch of Asian cowboys.  Everyone has boots on.  I mean /everyone/.  And most people are wearing cowboy boots.  I seriously see people walking around all bow-legged like they just got off of a long horse ride or like a couple of cowboys in a wild west town making their way to gunfight.  Mongolia is the Wild West.  It's just the Wild West of the Far East, y'know what I mean?  The other week, I saw some Mongolian mounties.  I mean, they weren't wearing the mountie red or the ridiculous mountie pants, but they were definitely Mongolian mounties.  They had cowboy boots with spurs and they were wearing cowboy hats and they were on horseback.  Right in the middle of Ulaanbaatar.  I'm not kidding!  Even Canada only brings their mounties out for special occasions like parades and opening ceremonies for big events, but it seemed like a fairly normal occurrance here.  Nobody even batted an eye.  Except for me, and I just looked like the foolish whitey tourist which I kind of am.  Anyway, the day I saw the Mongolian mounties had to be the day I figured "What the hell could happen today that I haven't already seen here?" and left my camera at home.  That's the way it works, amiright?  So, anyway, instead of looking at a picture of Mongolian mounties (which, trust me, would have been pretty cool), you get to look at a picture of a statue of a Mongolian boy (complete with cowboy hat and whip) riding a bucking horse.  It's on Peace Avenue.

Lenin

I feel like a retard, but I'll be honest: I know the name 'Lenin', but I don't know what he did.  Is it something good or bad?  Note to self:  look up Lenin on wikipedia, and find out why he's such a famous historical figure.  (Or, if you're reading this and you know more about Lenin than I do, you could leave a comment and educate me).