Aug 14 2007
UuuuB UB Uuuu…
First full day of being in Ulaanbaatar is coming to a close. I had a way too expensive for my means of living dinner last night (Indian food, Chicken Tikka Masala, where rice came as an extra, and that wasn’t as good as Bengal Tiger) at 9000 tugriks. We’ve visited several health organizations based in UB so far plus gotten a few more administrative tours. We also got a survival tour that included stores that had coconut milk, instant japanese curry, dashi, and other things asian, so that is verrry nice to know. I’ll probably spoil myself food-wise for the next month, but man, what can you do when you see instant sloppy joe mix??
I’m adjusting back to city stuffs, too - it was pretty disorienting to see 4-lane traffic, plus traffic lights and congestion. Any single food store in this city is better stocked than 3 of them put together back where I was - I saw a pound bag of dried cranberries for $16, though, so that can give you a sense of how much things can cost. But man, there are sooo many flush toilets here! but given the condition sometimes, I rather prefer the outhouse I had out in the countryside.
I’ll post links next time I’m online concerning Khovd, my organization, and other stuff, but for now I have to run - have to walk in groups when it gets closer to nightfall, and I have exorbiant Indian food leftovers to eat…
