tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212347812938976327.post2443045974007129973..comments2024-02-15T21:13:40.843+08:00Comments on SODON: Misleading report by World Economic ForumSODONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08504387838491287951noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212347812938976327.post-37570132922656797462013-04-09T12:31:48.841+08:002013-04-09T12:31:48.841+08:00I am sorry to hear that you had or still having ba...I am sorry to hear that you had or still having bad experiences in UB. But I still believe that pocket thieves and robbers do act out of pure "financial interests", trying to steal whatever they can. These bad guys don't "discriminate", it does not matter whether the victim is a native or a foreigner. I heard there are actually many gangs of thieves operating in UB. So, SODONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504387838491287951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212347812938976327.post-49749562779524322202013-04-08T15:22:17.334+08:002013-04-08T15:22:17.334+08:00Sometimes, it is just so hard to believe that your...Sometimes, it is just so hard to believe that your fellow countrymen would do such horrible things. It is true that Mongolians are hospitable especially those who are in the countryside. I am an Asian too and is married to a European. We are both living in Mongolia, not in UB but a province which is 3 hours away. From time to time, we go to UB to buy and get what we need. My husband also goes Melhttp://itravelyouread.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212347812938976327.post-68237294342326860242013-04-01T17:59:22.134+08:002013-04-01T17:59:22.134+08:00No questions that there are many crimes occurring ...No questions that there are many crimes occurring where in most cases alcohol is involved. Honestly I don't believe that foreigners are robbed "extremely often". And if some poor and/or drunk idiots try to rob a foreigner, they do it because they think that foreigners must have lot of money (rich), but not because they hate foreigners. They just need the money. It is not meant as SODONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504387838491287951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212347812938976327.post-21424329664450462252013-03-20T17:51:52.560+08:002013-03-20T17:51:52.560+08:00I've lived in Mongolia several years, and I...I've lived in Mongolia several years, and I'm happy to read in that report what I feel, specially in Ulaanbaatar. But even in Erdenet, no later than yesterday, a non-drunk aggressive tall man asked me my papers and blocked my way, in front of 2 others who didn't help me at all. He was not an official, just one of many Mongolian who don't like foreigners in Mongolia and wanted to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212347812938976327.post-88507437563839851752013-03-19T15:18:54.087+08:002013-03-19T15:18:54.087+08:00You should ask the Open Society Forum about this. ...You should ask the Open Society Forum about this. Looks like they contributed to it from Mongolia. <br />page viiiMogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890425226222188449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212347812938976327.post-79211814218130201732013-03-17T18:46:13.863+08:002013-03-17T18:46:13.863+08:00Thank you for this!Thank you for this!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783909482189855253noreply@blogger.com