Hello! We are back online after a crazzzzzyyy expedition last week (more will be revealed soon) 🥰 How are you all? ❤️

@SuiGenerisAbbie

2 ай бұрын

Not wearing face coverings and / or mittens is not very bright.

@jacintabyline

2 ай бұрын

Wonderful to see you both and much love from New Zealand (where I am cosy by my fire on a cool 12C day lol).

@alejandroheld9527

2 ай бұрын

It's good that you continue adding Asian countries to your list. I am very intrigued by what life is like for nomads today. The gauchos of South America also have games with these bones, only they use larger cow bones and add a metal plate. The game is called TABA. love to both of you, today from Madrid...on the way to Timur land

@LovelyLion1

2 ай бұрын

i lost my lioness😌😔

@SuiGenerisAbbie

2 ай бұрын

@@LovelyLion1 😭😭😭

As a Mongolian seeing people talk about my country makes my heart warm

@narantuyabayarsaikhan3578

4 күн бұрын

Тийм ээ үнэн

History correction. Ruled by not China but Qing empire founded by the manchus. That is a huge difference.

@whosligma69

18 күн бұрын

qing dinasty not china monkey

@batmunkhsugarochir

16 күн бұрын

Tf

@user-jb6rv4nz6h

14 күн бұрын

@@batmunkhsugarochir Боро одоо болтол манж-чин хятад 2-оо ялгахгүй явж бган биш бээз

@ICCraider

14 күн бұрын

I mean China literally means Qing lol. Also every dynasty that held the "Mandate of heaven" represented and were perceived as "China". Not all of them were "Chinese" but they were "China". Even Mongolian historians agree that Qing although weren't Chinese was China. The same goes for the Yuan as well. The very reason why these dynasties(the Qing and the Yuan) were established by their founders was to gain legitimacy to rule China through claiming the "Mandate of heaven".

@Todsor

14 күн бұрын

As a Mongolian, i disagree with "huge" difference. You can see huge difference between Russsians and Chinese.

6:30 Buriyat is also nationality of Mongolian. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russians took it from us.

@UserChrisino333

Ай бұрын

Still mongolia won the war

@hans1253

17 күн бұрын

What war​@@UserChrisino333

@BayarsaikhanBolor

16 күн бұрын

japan vs mongolia and russia​@@hans1253

@idree5442

14 күн бұрын

​@@hans1253world War we help Russian to defeat germany

@hans1253

14 күн бұрын

@idree5442 we didn't actually participate in it we only gave them supplies

Did I really see a sign for Mongolia's First Irish Pub? To see that in Ulaanbaatar is a touch mind blowing!

@tonyboi4574

Ай бұрын

There are lot of irish pubs or western restaurants there in Ulaanbaatar city

@Bembi0112

21 күн бұрын

It was opened way before 2000' Everything you have is here.

@janetbarkwith

21 күн бұрын

@@Bembi0112 Please don't misunderstand me; I wasn't suggesting that I expect Mongolia to be in any way "behind" western countries. I know it isn't. It's just that an Irish pub is such a particular cultural experience that I was surprised to see one in Asia. In New York, for example, yes - New Yorkers descended from Irish immigrants are more aggressively Irish than the Irish, it seems to me. I'd be interested to know if you have an Irish population represented there?

Shoutout to the Irish pub in UB. And the pizza vending machine was from France. Very cosmopolitan.

I love how you correctly pronounce the Mongolian words, specially Ulaanbaatar. Thank you for the positive vibe. Cheers!

Thanks for traveling to Mongolia. The last time I was there was in 1996! Wow. Incredible changes.

Julia and Her Bag of Bones! You've come a long way from the young girl who baked. I love the videos that you and Matt produce. They are both educational and amusing. You both are the best ambassadors for meaningful travel. I look forward to your stay with nomads. XO Suzi

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Suzi! Really appreciate it!!! Lots of love 🥰❤️🙏🏼

Brilliant 👍 Couldn't help but smile when noticing Mongolia's first Irish Bar behind Julia at the beginning 😂

Thanks! I always enjoy your videos and travels. Where to next? Here’s a few dollars to have a nice lunch.

@MattandJulia

Ай бұрын

Hey! 🥰❤️ We have just seen this!! Thank you SOOO much for your amazing support, it honestly means the world ❤️

The cold is making Matt look more like a Mongolian. OMG, he looks like the great grand son of Genghis khan. Matt is transforming.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Hahahaha, we are his grandchildren to be fair 😉😄

@maryanngibbs6963

2 ай бұрын

so I wasnt the only one who noticed that lolll

I enjoy watching you both so much!! Thank you for sharing all of your ventures with us. You guys warm my heart! God bless you both.

Very insightful and entertaining. You two really take me places I never dreamed of seeing. Thank you.

Love this episode! You shed such a lovely light on Mongolia that now I'd love to see it one day. Other vloggers (whom shall remain nameless..lol) seem to focus far more on the poverty of Mongolia. I'm so thrilled to see your video! ❤

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it! Really appreciate the comment 🥰❤️

@mountainwest3444

2 ай бұрын

Does Bald and Bankrupt come to mind, bro?

@robertholland7558

2 ай бұрын

How about Drew Binski? kzread.info/dash/bejne/a61kwcuAoLevmps.htmlsi=4Qj6ERvu3gVDn8Ov

thank you so much to visiting my country. loved your video. hope you enjoyed the visit

love how happy you are, always smiling

Another excellent video, great big thank you to you both.

Can't wait for the next one...its so interesting..thank you..

Also, you guys knew about our history and traditions so well. Thank you so much.

*I'm sooo Glad to see you two again...* I've been a way for a bit, taken care of a sick love-one... It does my Heart good to see *Matt and Julia* again... 😃

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

So glad to hear from you Larry! Hope you and your loved one doing better, lots of love from the both of us ❤️🙏🏼

Nice, interesting and informative video, with your typical sense of humour and you two are such an adorable couple. Nice!

Awesome video ,thanks for sharing

omg i have been waiting a long time for this video! Good to know that you enjoyed your stay in our country, i’ve lived in a lot of different places around the world, but home is home…

Great informative video guys, thanks for sharing! How cool, I saw my name on the credits :)) Thank you! I'm so glad I can help support your ventures. Keep up the spectacular work.

I have been watching your video religiously for months, especially on Central Asia, covering countries I always wanted to visit. As luck would have it, I was sent on assignment to Almaty early February, I am a network engineer working for an airline , by the way, to set up communication there. Your videos help massively, and boy, did I enjoy my time there 😀 Ulan Battar, which happens to be another one in my wish list, is next ... yay! Matt, Julia, you two lovebirds ROCKS! Keep the video coming ya 😄

Thanks for the great introductive video of our country, guys. Hope enjoyed your visit. Is there any more video about your trip here??

Hi guys! Great post! Was just in UB for a week last Feb. Also been in UB in May (lovely)...

Lovely, lovely video! I am already looking forward to the next one. :) Greetings from Trinidad and Tobago.

The extreme cold doesn't come from how north it is. It's at the same latitude as the northern states of the USA and the northmost tip of Italy. It's so cold because it's far away from the moderating effects of the sea, its' elevation (1300 meters) and the fact that it's in a river valley, so cold air is trapped in the surroundings. Other cold capitols don't have that combination of cold-amplifying geographic factors.

@varanisshouyou4379

15 күн бұрын

I live here and its been getting warmer and warmer i honestly dont think its cold in winter anymore

@youwu5594

13 күн бұрын

​@@varanisshouyou4379where are you living? Maybe the summer is getting hotter but idk about the winter and spring. There was a disaster because of the cold winter this year.

I love Julia’s pink hat, it suits her personality ✌️❤️🇬🇧

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🥰❤️

Indeed, not what I was expecting. Stunning views. Nothing at all like what I imagined. Beautiful ice sculptures it seems. What a memorial! Oh those steps! Did you take the drone views? Spectacular. Another surprising and interesting report on your channel. What a crazy purchase! I'll take the bag but probably not the bones! Yummy food it looks like. Huge quantity. See you soon! Linda from France.

Thanks, you guys, for another very interesting video. Your playfulness and funny comments are wonderful. Looking forward to the nomad video coming next. 🌸🌸🌸American Grace, the gentile nomad! 🌸🌸🌸

I had forgotten about you guys for awhile. Pleased to of found you again

great video thank you

It is exactly where I expected to be the coldest capital in the world

Well done,I love cold weather too

and also thank u so much for visiting my country!!

Hi guys! Greetings from USA!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Heellloooo. 🥰 Lots of love to the US ❤️🙏🏼🔥

I did a big tour of Mongolia before Covid. The big majority of the eighty million animals are sheep, never saw any cattle. The first thing I noticed driving into Ulaanbaator is the huge number of Toyota Prius cars, they are purchased used from Japan so right hand drive with Kanji script.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Ah cool! For sure, sooooo many Prius 😀❤️

Great vlog

Great vid interesting. You two are cool presenters. 😊

Mongolian Irish Pub !! I'd have to try it 😅

Thank you very much for video's

JULIA!! Pssst! Sorry but I think by the end of the vlog your nose had grown ever so slightly 😳🫣🤣🤣 you’ll need a ‘nose warmer!!’ I find these countries you visit fascinating and places I’ll never be able to go to. For me, seeing the city was strange because I always imagined nomads living on the Steppe! Can’t wait to see the next one! I’m surprised you don’t have many more subscribers!!!!! 🍦🍦🥰🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️

Brill, can't wait for the nomads in the next one.

Julia's pout, when she expressed that the throat singers were not performing at that time, was priceless.

Brrr. Remember this experience this summer when you are sweating profusely and panting like a dog in the hot and humid weather 😂. Thanks guys for producing such objective and judgment free programs. You truly are great diplomats wherever you go. That meal looked so good, especially on a super cold and dreary day.

Oh Matt/Julia, on the west side of the world, we would call meat pies like that, empanadas or as my relatives in Brazil say pasteis. Yum. Props to two of the hardiest souls I know. Happy travels.👍🏻

Your pronounciation of the words is on point. 🎉

@MattandJulia

Ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼

It’s dreadful to be in Mongolia in the winter. You guys should definitely come in the summer. Its so much better and the countryside is beautiful.

Looks cold nice. Great viewing again. Where was that large statue located??

It's not often that we see Mongolia. Harriet and I would like to visit during the summer months. The Nose Story was hilarious . it's funny how you remember those stories growing up. Hope you guys are doing ok. We are doing fine. Sending you much love❤ from Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki

I visited Mongolia in 2016 and 2021 and it's my favourite country that I've been to so far. The scenery is beautiful, UB is like an outdoor museum of the former USSR and the people are lovely (although the men tend to be mean drunks). I didn't go in winter though...that takes guts I don't have. The food is quite good, too, although you have to take care to eat enough fruit and veg whilst there. Did you try khailmag (caramelised clotted cream mixed with flour and raisins eaten as a porridge)?

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Did you find it had changed much in the 5 years in between? 😊 Haha, guts or madness, there’s a fine line 😉😄 We did actually! 😊 But with the nomads family instead ❤️🙌🏼

@janellek21

2 ай бұрын

@@MattandJulia Ulaanbaatar definitely changed in those 5 years. There were twice the number of skyscrapers and 10x the number of second-hand Priuses in 2021 than in 2016! There were also more restaurants serving international cuisines and the new airport in 2021 was much nicer than the old one in 2016 although the old one was far closer to the city centre. I spent time in the countryside in 2021 in a ger camp near Tsetserleg in addition to spending 4 days in UB, but in 2016 it was at the end of a trans-Siberian rail trip and we only got to spend 3 days in UB and didn't go anywhere outside the city.

@carter2008

Ай бұрын

@@MattandJulia Ulan Bator is not the coldest capital in the world. I am from Yakutsk, the capital of the national republic of Sakha (Yakutia). For us, Ulan Bator is subtropical heat

@ACME557

11 күн бұрын

​@@carter2008mate Yakutsk isn't an independent country

Julia the Mongolian Throat Singer 🤣🤣🤣 Never know what direction this hilarious channel is going to head in next x

I only live about 300 miles from Ottawa; my brother and cousin both went to university there!

I will reset my memory just to watch ur vid again

I live in Australia and when I was young, my dad , who was a butcher, would collect similar bones for us kids and we used to play games with them :)

Two years ago there was a pizza machine at the San Antonio (Texas) airport. I had a similar experience to yours, because it was out of service when I tried to buy a pizza. The machine has been removed, and there is a hamburger restaurant there now. (Very good burgers!)

Wow the scale of that monument was hard to comprehend at first, but comparing to the building and the people it's the biggest statue of a person I think I've ever seen.

Yes traffic in city is wild never seen that in my life

Matt pronounced Ulaanbaatar so well.

Mongolian summer is very very nice✌️

The kids play a game called knuckle bones in NZ. 5 bones are tossed about in different patterns. Some have to land on the top of your hand.

Damn, all of the places you guys went to are where i used to hang out during my university days. I miss my county now.

We played "knuckle bones" a lot as children in New Zealand. They were usually molded metal ones. I was not bad. The challenges get harder. Lots of fun.

You get a real fresh air just outside of Ulaanbaatar. I always mist the smell of the fresh air in Mongolia.

@Gigachad6679

4 күн бұрын

Утаагаар дүүрсэн монгол шүү дээ

All the dishes looked phenomenal, I was also pleased by the nice saleswoman on the street when she answered that she works there every day - that is, "Každý den" which is said exactly the same as in my native language - Czech. Did you speak Russian together? Hearing these words from a Mongolian woman is cute. I also noticed the incredibly massive majority of Toyota cars, as if it were a national manufacturer :D

I have a cousin who lives in Mongolia

Brrrr. I see this thru mi video. You both, thank you 😊!. Also Vagabond y Eli from Russia. Im am coming to Europe to visit mi Aritz, Basque 😊😊😊😊😊😊

I was justgoing to say they have them in France,when I seen made in France on the machine.

Man I dig cold weather as well, but I guess Mongolia is out as I can't speak Russian. I noticed many of the signs are in English script, do many people speak English that you found??

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

To be honest, there weren’t people many people that we could find that spoke much of either language. Older people could generally understand some Russian but it was hit and miss, and some younger people seemed to know English, or at least understand it, but most were quite shy so hand signals were the ‘order of the day’ ❤️

You guys must have missed Anthony Bourdain's Mongolia episode. You did not see those cattle heads boiling on a huge cauldron with their tongs dangling out. That's Mongolia's most cherished food. What you are eating at the end of the video is a westernized Chinese version of meat.

i litteraly sruvive every winter in ulaanbator

Thanks to you, I just found out that my country has the coldest capital

Matt your stache is so fitting right now xd

We also play horse racing with the bones. One of the favourite games of my childhood

Air a bit thin up on the horse guys🤣

IM MONGOLIA WE LOVE MONGOL

Amazing to see so many Prius on the road. At such low temperatures, not sure if the hybrid batteries will be running much.

In January and February of this year, it got colder than 40 degrees

All those Prius's. Not a problem in cold weather obviously.

It were vassal state of Manchu not china. China itself were conquered by manchus in 1600's but after almost 100 years of war mongols submitted to Manchu rule in 1700s

The lion headed chopper motorcycle statue at about 16:50 is quite something.

@mendbayarluvsansharav4440

2 ай бұрын

That's Predator with chopper. 😉

@BaljkaBIM

4 күн бұрын

Predator is riding xenomorph

What a cute couple, very informative and interesting travel vlog. BTW the woman who was selling in the street, she wanted to show you guys she wearing her fur and asked to wait up 😂 but u guys didn't understand and left😅

We used to play knuckle bones with real knuckles as kids…Australia. Then they went plastic and now you never see them. Interesting visit!

I lived in the coldest capital for 12 years now 🎉

Cold and landlocked, not my kind of place, but it would be cool if you took a trip to the Gobi dessert.

Nice video! The buildings and cars look more modern than in Russia. Very interesting to see everything of Mongolia!

Prius seems like a popular car in Mongolia, greater Boston is about 3.5 million interesting.

Matt next to the pizza vending thing: 'it's too early!' Julie: 'Yeah, let's check later...' meawhile the sign litteraly says '24/7' 😀

It was snowing on may 10th of this year

I have heard of other Cities having Odd and Even number days. Looked up online.....Jakarta. The no-drive day in Jakarta is known as Ganjil Genap (even and odd [days] in Indonesian). This policy imitates what has been done in Beijing during the Olympics

I noticed a lot of electric/hybrid cars. Are there a lot of charging stations and is the electricity grid robust to support the demand?

This rotation odd and even we had during the oil crisis during the 1970’s. But I guess that was before your time. Feeling old now……not….lol

Knuckle bones. As a kid in Australia in 60s we played Jack's with them. Similar to the American game but not the same. We saved the bones from Mum's lamb roast on Sundays, need 5 to play 😂

wow you came to my country

Love your videos. Have been all over Russia & so I enjoy living vicariously through your vlogs. Incidentally, I thought Yakutsk was the coldest city on earth?

@huselmaa

2 ай бұрын

there are colder cities like Yakuts but UB is the coldest capital city

thank u for said Chingis khan

Why can't I give this video more than one thumbs up?!