Transportation

So, Mark wanted to know all about transportation in Mongolia...I thought- yes this would be a great quick topic...We often take the bus from Darkhan to U.B. for about 6,000 Togrogs, like $3. In town we usually walk...though our town is split into two main districts, Old Darkhan and New Darkhan- usually when we go to old district we take a taxi or a meeker. A taxi constitutes almost all cars on the road in Darkhan. If a driver sees you standing next to the road, they almost always automatically stop. A meeker is like a van that does these big loops around the whole city- you can take a meeker to anywhere in Darkhan for 250 Togrogs or a taxi for 350 Togrogs. They yell at everyone near the road, "YAWKHOO, YAWKHOO" (will you go? will you go?)I just ignore them, shake my head, or say no...most people ignore them if they aren't going...kinda funny. Seats don't seem to matter that much (unless you take a bus or train- and even then...) if you have space load 'em up.- It isn't at all unusual to see people riding horses in town or pulling a cart with a horse- they usually come from the surrounding Ger Districts (like suburbs- but a lot more tents!). Hmm, I would write more but gotta go. ( I will add a picture as soon as a find a good one...)-R