Tucked between China and Russia I'm looking forward to experiencing this land virtually untouched by human development, visiting remote areas with a nomadic culture far from western facilities, exploring nature and being out in vast rugged expanses.
An immense country with a population much less than ours at 3 million, but nearly 6 times the size.
The capital, commonly known as UB, is a city of 1.2 million. It is one of the cleanest cities I've ever been in. Although busy, the traffic is calm with very few tooting horns. The buildings are a mix of grand Russian style structures, modern office and apartment blocks, local corner shops selling basic items and small shopping mall style buildings, single level houses in the suburbs and gers poked anywhere as a permanent or temporary dwelling.
Street sculpture 
An immense country with a population much less than ours at 3 million, but nearly 6 times the size.
Statue of Sukhbaatar in Chinggis Square who helped make the revolution for an Independent Mongolia.
Three statues in front of the Government Palace. Chinggis Khan in the middle, his son Odegei to his right and grandson Kublai on his left.
View from my hotel room.
Stock Exchange
Local shops
Ger shop
Temples, of course
Very large pipes carry hot water around the city from coal fired energy plants.
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