Manshuur Heed

We went out for the day with some friends.  About an hours drive from the city, tucked up in the mountains, are old buddhist monastery ruins.  (warning: history lesson) When the lovely Russians invaded Mongolia, they wanted to get rid of all religion, and all educated people.  So they killed over 1000 monks who lived at this monastery, but told the people that they had sent them off to Russia.  The bodies were all found many years later when the city dump had to move to a different place.  

  Anyway, the setting of the monastery is beautiful, with a small creek running and a gorgeous view.  Lots of people go out there to spend the day and have a picnic, which is what we did too.