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The chaos theory of Mongolia

I returned to Mongolia 15 years ago after an absence of 13 years, save for the occasional 2-week leave from work, and that time I spent a semester and a half at a local university drinking endless cups of brown, watery 150 Tugrik instant MaCcoffee at the cafĂ© strangely, or perhaps egotistically, named "In my memory", writing the first and so far the only book that got us into trouble with the local intelligence who apparently had little else to do than to pore through the ramblings of teenagers to catch the tell-tale signs of drug dealery. But I digress. When you visit a country for a short period, be it home or not, you hardly have time to immerse yourself in the spirit of the country and the city and feel the nitty gritty and dirty shiny of it all. So after 13 years, it took me a while to readjust and finally understand what the hometown of my childhood had become.  The most striking, ubiquitous, and inescapable feature was and still, unfortunately, is the traffic. In 2008,

Haranga - Ene Bol Durlal Bish (Youtube Video)

Mongolian Food Recipes

Mongolian Government Denies Shaariibuu's Statement

Shaariibuugiin Altantuya's murder: Father's Emotional Press Conference Statements

Tibet and Mongolia

Mongolians in Taiwan

Altan Urag - Mongolian Music

Mongolian PM discusses food shortage with the Russians and other issues

Role of Buriad / Buryat Mongols in modern Mongolian history

Mongolia issues stamp honoring sumo champion Asashyoro

Live History - Photos of Mongolia

Mongolia to decide on Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi gold, copper project before June

China Has Ignored Repeated Mongolian Attempts to Claim its Citizen Unlawfully Arrested in China

Victims of Human Trafficking