Having a great time here in Darkhan. It's a city, but much smaller than UB. We had a 7 hour train ride from UB that only cost us 16,000 T, less than $15. After we arrived and rested at our hotel for a bit, we went to a restaurant, Texas Pub, that had really good food, free WiFi, Texan decor and a continuous loop of a Backstreet Boys video, but no soundtrack. Strange. This morning we got up and walked an hour to the local market, did a little shopping and walked back to the Texas Pub for lunch. We saw a small group of camels crossing the road while we were walking back. Took a bunch of pics. We ran into a large group of Peace Corps volunteers here at the pub. There's maybe 25-30 of them. They're all in training and stationed in small towns and villages around Darkhan. They're in town for the weekend for a workshop and for rabies shots. What a combo. The pub really has a good thing going: good western food and free internet. What a magnet to draw people like us and the Peace Corps. Darkhan seems to be in better shape than UB. The roads are nicer, the sidewalks are cleaner and there's a nice breeze blowing the heat away. Our hotel is really nice, too, and they have real foam pillows! Not buckwheat grain pillows! Hot clear (not orange) water! What luxuries.
This afternoon we will try to make arrangements for our trip to the monastery.
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You'd think all this would be reversed, that UB would have all the items instead of Darkhan, since UB is the capital. Any idea why Darkhan is in such better shape?
ReplyDeleteFewer people means fewer people to make trash and to mess things up.
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