A colorful and informative guide to the land of the Genghis Khan -- whose empire once extended from China to Europe -- as it adjusts to life in the 21st century. Much of the old Mongolia is still to be found; herdsmen, horses and hospitality. And yet daily people flock to seek a more modern lifestyle in Ulaan Baatar, the capital city. The Mongolians have only recently shaken off the mantle of communism and are eagerly recreating their own national identity. This book helps the traveler better understand this transition while providing essential information for making a really worthwhile visit to this ragged and incomparable land.
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Whoever goes to Mongolia must absolutely take this guide. -- Anda, the premier journal of Mongolian studies in France
[T]he most complete and up-to-date guide. -- Le Monde
[T]he most complete and up-to-date guide. -- Le Monde
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After studying philosophy at the Sorbonne, a brief period of teaching in Central Africa and a number of trips to South America and India, Claire Sermier was awarded a grant to study in Mongolia between 1981 and 1984. She worked for a number of years as a tour guide around the world, and specifically in Mongolia for a French tour organizer, Terres d'Aventure.
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Like the Iran guide in this series, this book features good facts for people considering going to Mongolia, and enough pictures to make you seriously consider it. As with the Iran guide, it doesn't feature all the indepth fact and figures that would make it a helpful guide inside of the country, but it makes a great fact book. There's a brief section on the language in the back, oodles of address for getting a visa, and plenty of goregeous pictures. I can't think of a downside to this book, because it fulfills its purpose perfectly. Excellent work.
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Unfortunately this wasn't published until a few days after I got back from my trip. This guide contains excellent descriptions of the cities and sites, along with the historic background you need to really appreciate Mongolia in the 21st century. Reading it after I got back helped refresh my memory - and put names to some of the photographs I took.The only downside to this book is that the maps - a handful covering about five aimags (provinces) apiece - are so high-level as to be almost useless. The Lonely Planet guide, though out-of-date and surprisingly negative - has more and better maps.
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