Thursday, August 31, 2006

Lenin in Erdenet from Lkhamaa


--"I studied for years what Lenin and Marx did, so I feel really happy to see them on the buildings."

--"Yes, I miss the bust of Lenin that I had on my desk in Moscow. I could rub his bald head for luck."

Associated Press Reports on Religion in Mongolia

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2006-08-24-mongolia-religion_x.htm?csp=34

Bollywood in Mongolia

http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=14135

"Ulan-Bator"


Very striking photos of Ulaanbaatar and the countryside by Artemii Lebedev

In four parts, taken at the end of July, 2006, with amusing commentary in Russian:

http://tema.ru/travel/mongolia-1/

http://tema.ru/travel/mongolia-2/

http://tema.ru/travel/mongolia-3/

http://tema.ru/travel/mongolia-4/


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From Dan in San Francisco:

Hey, that guy is Art Lebedev, a relatively famous industrial designer. He's popular in computer geek circles for the "optimus keyboard" he's working on:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/

For a laugh:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/answers/