Bear in Mind
Some advice to make your trip to Mongolia go smoothly: bring new U.S. dollars (post-1995), and exchange them for tugrogs at better-than-bank-rates on the second floor of the Art Cinema, across from the MIAT office in Ulan Bator. When heading to the countryside, take along cigarettes, soap, toothbrushes, colored pens and sewing kits as gifts for locals. In the capital you can check e-mail at Datacom's Internet Café, located in the Center for Scientific and Technological Information, across from the Mongolian Technical University. You can't book domestic return flights in advance, so stop at the MIAT ticket office as soon as you arrive at each destination, or see if your tour guide (if you have one) can take care of it. A two-week tourist visa can be purchased at the airport for $50, although there are exceptions (Indian citizens, for example, need pay no fee), so check the Ministry of External Relations' website. The MER, in the gray building across from the Ulaanbaatar Hotel, also grants visa extensions. And set aside $12 for the departure tax.
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May 17, 1999
Gone Fishin'
Despite its landlocked status, Mongolia's many deep water lakes and rivers are teeming with fish
Bear in Mind
Advice to make your trip to Mongolia go smoothly
Web Crawling
The Web has a wealth of Mongolian resources for visitors
Detour
Mongolian hot pot and barbecue are misnomers
Main Feature
Camping, hiking, horseback riding or biking through stunning Mongolian landscapes offer a dream vacation for the active traveler
POLL
How does Mongolia rate on your wish list for future trips?
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