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Mongolia: Chingis Crazy

Posted 25 January 2006 5:22 GMT

Mongolian Matters wonders how long it is until almost everything in Mongolia is named for Chingis Khan after hearing that the capital's airport is being renamed for the 13th century emperor.

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Written byNathan Hamm

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  • David Paye

    To re-name UB airport Chingis Khan is ok, but have they filled the huge hole in the UB bound road 2Kms away? Three years after my first visit, it was still there? UB rates as dreary as Dar-es-salaam in Tanzania in 1974, so to visit, give it thirty years or so! Dave

    25 January 2006, 14:48 pm
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