Although a sprawling, "modern" city of 1.5 million people, Ulaanbaatar is yet to discover the benefits of drainage. I suppose that considering half the people live in gers with no water, power or sewerage, drainage for roads is not a priority...
So, when it rains, which this year has been an awful lot - in the "land of the eternal blue sky" - the city becomes one massive puddle of muddy water, easily half a metre deep in most places.
Given the rain and mud and puddles of water I caught a taxi to work this morning, and hit jackpot with a friendly driver!
"Does it rain in Australia?" (tiiii)
He excitedly scrambles around to find a certain CD, races to find the track he wants....
With an enormous grin, he asks
"Do you like Madonna?"
And plays:
These are the awesome, unique, often bizarre kinds of moments that make this such a beautiful country...
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