Chain Spotting

While I might groan and grumble about the developing aspects of Mongolia - no hot water, no water at all currently, no toilets, no showers, entire blocks of main streets closed for weeks...ahm, yep, plenty to whinge about - there are *some* things I like about being in a developing country.

One of these is the lack of chain restaurants and stores. Mongolia is one of the few places on earth where there is no McDonalds. No KFC or Burger King or anything of that nature.

The closest they get is Loving Hut - Mongolia, the land of people that exist entirely on animal products - meat and dairy - is also the land where the only chain is a vegan, yes vegan, restaurant. That kind of logic is exactly what makes Mongolia beautiful!

In Russia for two weeks for a summer holiday there was a little bit of chain spotting.

First was Subway, in Ulan Ude

Second was Baskin & Robins, in Irkutsk.

It seems the Russians have good taste!