Western Mongolia - Mongolia - page 434

Sights
1 Aimag Museum A1
2 Dechinravjaalin Khiid C2
Activities, Courses & Tours
3 Strictly Protected Areas Office B2
Sleeping
4 Achit Nuur Hotel A1
5 Bayalag Od Hotel B2
Eating
6 Ikh Mongol B1
7 Jangar Restaurant B2
8 Market C1
9 Qinggis Pub & Restaurant B1
Sights
Aimag Museum MUSEUM
( 01452-24720; admission T3000; 8am-noon & 1-5pm Mon-Fri, 8.30am-noon & 1pm-5.30pm
Sat) This OK Aimag Museum has the usual stuff plus a section on the 16th-century Oirad
leader Amarsanaa (the chainmail jacket is supposedly his). There's a wing dedicated
solely to the reign of one-time dictator Yu Tsedenbal (who was born in Uvs), featuring
photos of the man with other communist leaders like Fidel Castro and Ho Chi Minh.
Dechinravjaalin Khiid BUDDHIST MONASTERY
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Dechinravjaalin Khiid was originally founded in 1738 and contained seven temples and
2000 monks. The place was pulverised in 1937 thanks to Stalin, and its current incarna-
tion consists of a concrete ger and about 20 welcoming monks.