Mergen Chuluun

“It’s all about people and relationships” It’s not just “who you know” or “who knows you”.  It’s more like “who is a fan of you”. The more people are excited about you, believe in you, and genuinely want to help you succeed, the more likely you are going to succeed.  And, you can foster this [...]

This past weekend, I went to Selenge Soum in Tuv Aimag, just about 40-50km outside of Ulaanbaatar. I got to do a little bit of manual labor (digging holes for fence posts and pulling fence posts). I also got to ride a horse and to meet with locals there. It was very relaxing weekend. I [...]

ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA – Starting tonight at 24:00 clock, Peace Avenue will be closed in portions for construction from West 4-way intersection (baruun durvun zam) to East 4-way intersection (zuun durvun zam).  The purpose of the construction project is to expand Peace Avenue and to add underground pedestrian crossing in an area near a hospital named [...]

Нийслэлд өнөөдрөөс автозам засвар, шинэчлэлийн ажил эхэлж байна. Энхтайваны өргөн чөлөөний замын өргөтгөл шинэчлэлийн ажил хийхтэй холбогдуулан замыг хэсэгчлэн хааж нийтийн тээврийн vйлчилгээний чиглэлvvдийн хөдөлгөөнд өөрчлөлт оруулахаар болжээ. Өнөөдөр 24.00 цагаас эхлэн төв зам хэсэгчлэн хаагдах бөгөөд эл хугацаанд Баруун дөрвөн замаас Зvvн дөрвөн замын хооронд автозамын өргөтгөл шинэчлэл хийх, “Ионсей” эмнэлгийн ард явган зорчигч [...]

To NY Times: On August 3, 2009, you published a story about Genghis Khan’s 131-foot statue in Mongolia.  The story was written by a journalist named Dan Levin and was well written overall. The only real issue is that your journalist had the audacity to end his post with something along the lines of Genghis [...]

On Wednesday July 29, 2009, Tim Cope gave a presentation at Cafe Amsterdam in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on his horseback trekking adventure across the steppes and grasslands of Mongolia to Hungary.   Tim spoke of the challenges and issues he faced while traveling during zud (extreme cold winter) and deserts (up to 50C high) from Mongolia through [...]