Red Roses in the Snow: Mongolia Celebrates Women's Day

There is another blogger out there in blogland with regular posts on what is so amazing about Mongolia. If i had a series like that, i would have had good one today. When I stepped out of an overpopulated State Department Store, i have to make my way through people selling red roses, people buying red roses, people looking at red roses, people carrying red roses and the rest probably already bought/sold/saw/carried their red roses earlier today.
And during this rose extravaganza, small white snow flakes were coming down from the sky while the mercury was still well subzero. Amazing.

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Looking Ahead: Eclipse in Mongolia

Coming out of my blogging hibernation, i get up to see: the sun is gone missing. Will is getting going to be gone missing, that is. On August 1st 2008, Mongolia will experience a total eclipse of the sun. Don Croner (no hibernation for him) has all the juicy details, including a recount of the 1997 eclipse (during which according to popular legend the reincarnation of genghis khan was born), but also a complete path of the 2008 rclipse and its path through Mongolia. And although it brings memories of Carly Simon songs to Don's head, I just can't get Bonnie Tyler out of mine.
Anyway, the really amazing bit is that a company called Sirius Travel (feel it coming?) is already offering....an eleven day tour to see the eclipse.
If you pay USD 1500 before September 2007, you can be assured to "stand in the shadow of the Moon" one year later. Well if it not so cloudy, that is.



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