Top ten survival tips for expats in Mongolia
New arrivals desperately need survival tips about living in Mongolia. See the answers to the most common questions below. A careful read will make your first few weeks in Mongolia much easier and could possibly save your life. If you have a tip that isn't here, please scroll down and share it. Your contribution will be read, and appreciated, by thousands. - Getting oriented: key landmarks in Ulaanbaatar.
- ATMs: which ones work and where they are.
- Taxis: how to catch one without getting ripped off.
- Restaurants: keeping body and soul together without eating mutton.
- Bars & clubs: where to get a drink, hear live music, or go dancing.
- How to dress: advice to keep you from freezing to death.
- Wifi spots: staying connected for [almost] free.
- Staying safe: avoiding aggressive drunks, nationalists, pickpockets, and street urchins.
- Crossing the street: how to get to the other side without a detour to the hospital.
- Medical emergencies: just in case.
Have some survival tips of your own? Share them here.
If you've been here a while, you know out how to get around the problems that Mongolia throws at you every day.
Don't let your knowledge go to waste. Other expats will find them useful.
Share your survival tips here!
Mongolia Expat Survival Tips
Click below to see survival tips from other visitors to this page...
Go from Top Ten Survival Tips to the home page

|