--"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."
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."
"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/
* * *
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/
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Monday, August 21, 2006
Friday, August 11, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Write a Travel Piece and Deduct Your Lunch at Millie's Cafe
Photo by Carl De Keyzer of Magnum Photos for Time Magazine
The summer crop of articles about Mongolia is out:
Associated Press, 2006 July 14, I
Associated Press, 2006 July 14, II
Radio Netherlands, 2006 July 17
Reuters, 2006 July 18
New York Daily News, 2006 July 20
CNET, 2006 July 26
Reuters, 2006 July 26
Time, 2006 July 31
Guardian, 2006 August 1
Ski Press, 2006 August 4
New York Times, 2006 August 6
Hankyoreh, 2006 August 7
Telegraph, 2006 August 7
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