"Ghengis Khan - 130 foot statue" Topic
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| nycjadie | 03 Aug 2009 2:20 p.m. PST |
Mongolia has now embraced an even larger than life-sized Ghengis Khan: link |
| nycjadie | 03 Aug 2009 2:20 p.m. PST |
BTW – I'm not sure staying in a felt yurt and eating horse meat is my idea of a vacation. |
Shagnasty  | 03 Aug 2009 2:35 p.m. PST |
Hey, you probably get all the kumis, fermented horse milk, you can drink. After a while you won't notice where you are. |
| Farstar | 03 Aug 2009 2:44 p.m. PST |
Saw that this morning. The other tourist center they mentioned lets visitors milk a horse. Horses being horses, I have to wonder how much that particular activity is for educational purposes versus the amusement of the caretakers. What the picture of the statue fails to provide a lot of is scale context. Consider that it is almost three times *taller* than the 1:1 Gundam ( discussed at TMP link ). No wonder its visible from the horizon… |
| nazrat | 03 Aug 2009 3:01 p.m. PST |
--Other Mongolians skew a bit more toward realpolitik in their devotion to Genghis Khan, even if they are happy to drink to his memory. "He was a cruel man but he led our country to greatness," said Toguldur Munkochir, 25, a bank teller unwinding at the Chinggis Khaan bar later that night. "If you look at Lincoln, Hitler and Julius Caesar, it's kind of the same thing."-- Wow. Just… wow. |
| Farstar | 03 Aug 2009 3:15 p.m. PST |
"Wow. Just… wow." Sanguine bunch, Mongolians. Gotta wonder who is writing the books that gentleman reads, though. |
| Farstar | 03 Aug 2009 4:18 p.m. PST |
That would make the statue about 10-12 inches tall. Let their gift center get into proper gear and you might get a repro that size. |
| kreoseus2 | 04 Aug 2009 1:36 a.m. PST |
Lincoln, Hitler and Julius Caesar, it's kind of the same thing."-- I saw this episode of star trek…………….. |
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