The wildest of wild frontiers: Mongolia has settled in London's West End, but nothing can beat the real thing: vast plains, an ancient way of life... and yak pies
Mongolia is a landlocked country sandwiched between Russia and China. Maureen Paton goes there to watch a preview of the play The Mongol Khan. READ MORE: My very first ride in a driverless robo-taxi
If you really want to get away from it all, Genghis Khan's birthplace offers the wildest of frontiers wild. to satisfy any self-respecting modern pioneer.
The brutal conqueror of 13th-century Mongolia, who built one of the greatest empires in the history, is immortalized with a statue atop a museum near its capital, Ulaanbaatar. Measuring 130 feet tall (40 meters) and silver, it is a fitting tribute to larger-than-life warrior statesmen.
The location The exact location of his grave has never been known. has been found (go ahead, Indiana Jones) and one of the many legends circulating is that Khan, known to the Mongols as Chinggis, promised "I will return" - just like Arnie Schwarzenegger's Terminator .
But if he returns, he will find a country far more peaceful than could have been expected after centuries of conflict. p>
This landlocked and sparsely populated country, sandwiched between Russia and China, has a larger surface area than France, Italy,
If you really want to get away from it all, Genghis Khan's birthplace offers the wildest of frontiers wild. to satisfy any self-respecting modern pioneer.
The brutal conqueror of 13th-century Mongolia, who built one of the greatest empires in the history, is immortalized with a statue atop a museum near its capital, Ulaanbaatar. Measuring 130 feet tall (40 meters) and silver, it is a fitting tribute to larger-than-life warrior statesmen.
The location The exact location of his grave has never been known. has been found (go ahead, Indiana Jones) and one of the many legends circulating is that Khan, known to the Mongols as Chinggis, promised "I will return" - just like Arnie Schwarzenegger's Terminator .
But if he returns, he will find a country far more peaceful than could have been expected after centuries of conflict. p>
This landlocked and sparsely populated country, sandwiched between Russia and China, has a larger surface area than France, Italy,
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