Ulaanbaatar Suburbia: Apartment Blocks, Houses and Gers
Suburbia in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar is like no other. Bleak Russian-style apartment blocks give way to a patchwork of modern, red brick, matchbox-like houses.
Tidy lines of vivid crimson, azure and jade roofs contrast starkly against the chalky curves of Mongolian traditional gers. Intermingling, they compete for space tucked away behind wooden and rusty tin fences splashed with painted symbols.
Driving out of the city, I captured a few images from the window of our moving van.
1. Russian-style apartment blocks
2. More Russian-style apartment blocks
3. Not sure who this graffiti was aimed at. Hopefully not photographers!
4. Houses hidden behind painted fences
5. Painted symbols on fences
6. Rusty tin fences
7. Jumble of gers and brick houses
8. Patchwork of colored roofs and gers
9. A giant gas pipe frames gers further out of the city
10. A lone ger against cityscape and backdrop of hills
11. Crimson roofs stain the landscape
My other Mongolia posts include my brother’s Mongolian wedding, Nadaam festival and Mongolian contortionists.
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