WalkAbout

We've been getting these real pretty sunsets lately. Suhbaatar square is so picturesque to begin with, I want to take
more, particularly at dusk. I think I need to get
there earlier to take full advantage.
I went for a walkabout today to get a look at my new world. Ulaanbaatar is not very pretty. On the left is a "park." Coming from Madison, WI where we really take pride in our parks I'm quite spoiled. Some things are "ugly" but still photogenic. These are some of the funnest things to shoot. I had to struggle to find such sites as most of ULN is just boring and ugly. I did, however find this old burned out building that homeless people were using for a shelter/toilet. It was pretty rad.

I hadn't planned on hiking today but I was getting tired of being cloistered in by dilapidated buildings so I just took off. I wish I had had the foresight to bring water. It wasn't so much the heat that drained me, it was the damnable wind that threatened to blast my body's moisture away. I think some of these hills in the area would prove ideal sites for wind energy development.

It was nice to find a vantage point with some perspective. ULN appears to be sprawling away with no end in sight. Some of these people are living in such squalor. I can't imagine living in the boon docks of ULN would actually be superior to roaming the Mongolian Steppes as a nomadic high plains drifter. What do I know?

So I finally got to see a bit of the country side. Now I really wanna get a horse. I believe I would really enjoy spending a year exploring the countryside as a nomad.

Maybe I shoulda stole this guys ride.

I mean he just left her there in the midst of the junk yard. Ah, yes. The junk yard. What a weird place. No effort to bury the shit, just drop it where you will, let God sort it out. The high winds sweep the junk everywhere, I found shards of glass and bits of plastic bag all over the surrounding hills.

Putting up a barb wire fence in the vicinity just invites the wind to create a fence made of barb wire and junk. Nearby is a graveyard. There is no physical barrier between the grave yard and the junk yard. With no clear delineation they sort of drift into each other. I think that's sad.