![Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519626.Sm3ypqy8.jpg) Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary |
![Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519628.t0k7o3xN.jpg) Gandan Monestary |
![Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519629.gtcnhN0x.jpg) Gandan Monestary |
![Gandan Monestary. No pictures allowed inside!](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519630.ZHOukz9G.jpg) Gandan Monestary. No pictures allowed inside! |
![Gandan Monestary. The two deer facing the wheel are an important Buddhist symbol.](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519631.M0fiyU6W.jpg) Gandan Monestary. The two deer facing the wheel are an important Buddhist symbol. |
![Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519632.l7AQp87x.jpg) Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary |
![A Buddhist monk, Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519633.nnjL0tiZ.jpg) A Buddhist monk, Gandan Monestary |
![Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519634.b3JQm9C8.jpg) Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary |
![An unhappy child near Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519635.Z6nevj49.jpg) An unhappy child near Gandan Monestary |
![Stupa near Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519636.rBLlKQeR.jpg) Stupa near Gandan Monestary |
![A symbolic pole, commemorating a building that once stood here, near Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519637.HyWGo0tC.jpg) A symbolic pole, commemorating a building that once stood here, near Gandan Monestary |
![A woman turns prayer wheels at Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519638.ROs2ciBN.jpg) A woman turns prayer wheels at Gandan Monestary |
![Buddhist monks, Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519639.4cwtYMVo.jpg) Buddhist monks, Gandan Monestary |
![Temple of Migjid Janraisig](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519640.HLtNOtsi.jpg) Temple of Migjid Janraisig |
![Statue of Migjid Janraisig](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519641.54nXQXwR.jpg) Statue of Migjid Janraisig |
![Statue of Migjid Janraisig](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519642.DZCBIy47.jpg) Statue of Migjid Janraisig |
![Gate of Gandan Monestary](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519643.EN605HIj.jpg) Gate of Gandan Monestary |
![State Department Store](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519644.ecVn6cCH.jpg) State Department Store |
![Mongolian National History Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519645.5glwdsoV.jpg) Mongolian National History Museum |
![Traditional woman's costume, National History Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519646.HhnfUdGt.jpg) Traditional woman's costume, National History Museum |
![Statute of Chinggis Khaan, National History Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519647.JRK6BI5H.jpg) Statute of Chinggis Khaan, National History Museum |
![Yak-mounted canon, National History Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519648.9qAIKTWt.jpg) Yak-mounted canon, National History Museum |
![Parliament House, Sukhbaatar Square](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519649.AfCfdxT3.jpg) Parliament House, Sukhbaatar Square |
![Chinggis Khaan seated at the Parliament House](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519650.3jcOnLBH.jpg) Chinggis Khaan seated at the Parliament House |
![Statute of one of Chinggis Khaan's generals, Parliament House](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519651.nSVQW528.jpg) Statute of one of Chinggis Khaan's generals, Parliament House |
![Statute of Sukhbaatar, Sukhbaatar Square](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519652.6yELAOz8.jpg) Statute of Sukhbaatar, Sukhbaatar Square |
![Zero kilometer marker, Sukhbaatar Square](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519653.0CEdL7hQ.jpg) Zero kilometer marker, Sukhbaatar Square |
![Gate to the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519654.QHWhtDte.jpg) Gate to the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan |
![Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519655.SsR9mxRY.jpg) Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan |
![Tapestry depicting a vengeful deity, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519656.P1748Yr3.jpg) Tapestry depicting a vengeful deity, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan |
![Stone lion, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519657.rNheB9Kw.jpg) Stone lion, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan |
![Eaves of one of the buildings at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519658.N4aj4lOL.jpg) Eaves of one of the buildings at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan |
![Interior of a building at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan, with statute of Zanabazar](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519659.QFaY8lDk.jpg) Interior of a building at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan, with statute of Zanabazar |
![Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519660.7bCLCewW.jpg) Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan |
![Dragons adorn the roof of a building at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519661.knqg17id.jpg) Dragons adorn the roof of a building at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan |
![Ger covered with snow leopard pelts, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519662.GKNHij2Y.jpg) Ger covered with snow leopard pelts, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan |
![Overview of Ulaanbaatar from the Zaisan Memorial](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519663.ihNxYMq2.jpg) Overview of Ulaanbaatar from the Zaisan Memorial |
![Zaisan Memorial, built by the Soviet Government to commemorate Soviet-Mongolian cooperation](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519664.4OmiE59w.jpg) Zaisan Memorial, built by the Soviet Government to commemorate Soviet-Mongolian cooperation |
![Zaisan Memorial, depicting Russians hand in hand with Mongolians](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519665.QOnEIeBI.jpg) Zaisan Memorial, depicting Russians hand in hand with Mongolians |
![The eternal flame at Zaisan Memorial, no longer burning after the Soviet Union's collapse](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519666.Wge9MEs7.jpg) The "eternal flame" at Zaisan Memorial, no longer burning after the Soviet Union's collapse |
![Image of Chinggis Khaan on a hillside near Ulaanbaatar](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519667.B8WHH0xP.jpg) Image of Chinggis Khaan on a hillside near Ulaanbaatar |
![Tsam (mask) dance, Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519668.5XnEd9DL.jpg) Tsam (mask) dance, Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![Tsam (mask) dance, Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519669.ovNtE9RW.jpg) Tsam (mask) dance, Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![Throat singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519670.l6RO78ed.jpg) Throat singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![A musician plays a Morin Khuur (traditional horse-head violin), Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519671.IyemN845.jpg) A musician plays a Morin Khuur (traditional horse-head violin), Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![Musician, Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519672.JbZkNaQV.jpg) Musician, Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![Singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519673.jc8X0soW.jpg) Singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![Singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519674.l5eDj9TK.jpg) Singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![Dancer, Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519675.gas3iruE.jpg) Dancer, Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![Contortionist, Tumen Ekh National Performers](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519677.7Bl3a2PW.jpg) Contortionist, Tumen Ekh National Performers |
![Russian-built power plant, one of several in Ulaanbaatar](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519678.DdurakbS.jpg) Russian-built power plant, one of several in Ulaanbaatar |
![Meteorite, Museum of Natural History](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519679.6aiKYsJt.jpg) Meteorite, Museum of Natural History |
![Dinosaur skeleton, Museum of Natural History](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519680.VTIoVRkz.jpg) Dinosaur skeleton, Museum of Natural History |
![Tarbosaurus Baatar skeleton, Museum of Natural History](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519681.PkzKMqmJ.jpg) Tarbosaurus Baatar skeleton, Museum of Natural History |
![Fighting Dinosaurs, Velociraptor and Protoceratops, unearthed in the Gobi Desert, Museum of Natural History](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519682.z0qTl3Ve.jpg) "Fighting Dinosaurs," Velociraptor and Protoceratops, unearthed in the Gobi Desert, Museum of Natural History |
![Ferris wheel at Nairamdal Park](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519683.FMYdAP8S.jpg) Ferris wheel at Nairamdal Park |
![Entrance, Temple of the Chojin Lama](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519684.dkZflolt.jpg) Entrance, Temple of the Chojin Lama |
![Children line up for exercise outside their school](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519685.eSeCKPYt.jpg) Children line up for exercise outside their school |
![IMG_5780.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519687.ekjevTaJ.jpg) |
![Road into Ulaanbaatar from the west](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519688.63wpTQQw.jpg) Road into Ulaanbaatar from the west |
![Roadside monument outside Ulaanbaatar](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519689.AjJvb8Xb.jpg) Roadside monument outside Ulaanbaatar |
![Hay bound for storage](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519690.hkod7eKU.jpg) Hay bound for storage |
![Cooking at BD's Mongolian Grill, the only American franchise in Ulaanbaatar](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519691.4x9vFkYp.jpg) Cooking at BD's Mongolian Grill, the only American franchise in Ulaanbaatar |
![State Circus Building](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519692.Dw5M1Qv1.jpg) State Circus Building |
![Buddha statute in a park near the Zaisan Memorial](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519693.YiqU6ga5.jpg) Buddha statute in a park near the Zaisan Memorial |
![Mongolia's present and past -- a new statute of Buddha, with the Zaisan Memorial in the background](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519694.2lBo8ovo.jpg) Mongolia's present and past -- a new statute of Buddha, with the Zaisan Memorial in the background |
![Stone lion](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519695.2pBgwfy7.jpg) Stone lion |
![Zaisan Memorial](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519696.szRwd4Lt.jpg) Zaisan Memorial |
![Drum in a public park in Ulaanbaatar](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519698.wzAiRQ5T.jpg) Drum in a public park in Ulaanbaatar |
![Mongolian teenagers ring a bell in a public park](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519700.YdTN1Lgx.jpg) Mongolian teenagers ring a bell in a public park |
![Wall mural on a building in central Ulaanbaatar](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519702.nFN26tMU.jpg) Wall mural on a building in central Ulaanbaatar |
![Residences in suburban Ulaanbaatar](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/56/743256/3/87519704.GjMYIn3K.jpg) Residences in suburban Ulaanbaatar |