Mongolia, like other similarly vast and relatively empty lands, is more pronouncedly split between city/countryside than others. read more
Modern day Mongolia is both moving very fast and surprisingly slowly. If you take Ulaanbaatar, you'll notice that it looks surprisingly different every few months thanks to seemingly exponential urban growth. If you look at the vast countryside, it may look like little is changing, when in fact a lot of it is. read more
There’s not that much left due to the fact that Mongolia is traditionally a nomadic culture.” While Genghis may not have left behind a Forbidden City or Great Pyramid, there is one constant of Mongolian life that has remained unchanged through successive foreign occupations and continues today: horsemanship. read more
In modern-day Mongolia, Naadam is held on July 11 to 13 in the honour of the anniversaries of the National Democratic Revolution and foundation of the Great Mongol State. Another very popular activity called Shagaa is the "flicking" of sheep ankle bones at a target several feet away, using a flicking motion of the finger to send the small bone flying at targets and trying to knock the target bones off the platform. read more