My First Day in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 🇲🇳 Монгол

I begin my trip around Mongolia (Монгол) by sharing my first impressions of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. The following day I take a day trip outside the city to the Genghis Khan Statue Complex and Gorkhi Terelj National Park.

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I'm Jason, a full-time British Travel Vlogger and YouTuber who's been to 61 countries. I've been travelling around the world full-time since 2017.

I have travel series' from many of the world's best (and least) known destinations. I filmed the first vlogs on my channel in the summer of 2016 after spending a year living in China. A proper solo trip around Eastern Europe followed after graduating from University in the summer of 2017, taking me to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo. This marked the start of my efforts to turn vlogging into a full-time job.

After that European trip I explored much of Asia: visiting India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea and Kazakhstan.

I have also travelled to North Africa and the Middle East fairly extensively over the last five years, filming videos in Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.

I've travelled to North America just once as a YouTuber, visiting Mexico in 2021. Though I have been to both the USA and Canada, this was as a child on family holidays.

In 2022, I took my first trip to Sub Saharan Africa, visiting Kenya and Tanzania, before heading to the Middle East, stopping in Dubai and Lebanon. Europe followed, covering both the Greek and Turkish sides of Cyprus, and afterwards going back to Italy for the second time to cover Milan and Sicily. I then visited the Caribbean for the first time, covering the Dominican Republic, before heading to both Brussels and Amsterdam, then covering Taiwan and the Philippines in Asia. I finished off the year with a trip around Morocco.

I started my travels in 2023 by finally visiting Paris, taking the Eurostar from London. I then headed over to Qatar for a few days, before heading to Asia, with videos following from India, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and Mongolia.

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[eddie_d]

I was extremely surprised to see the city looking so modern. Also there were so many signs in English, possibly to make travel easier in the future. I particularly liked the delivery car for "Best Pizza." Aside from the wonderful looking meal you had at the hotel I would love to sample the best pizza.

[ganboldsodbileg]

I am deeply appreciative of your endeavor to present my country, Mongolia, in a favorable light, and I extend my gratitude for your efforts in this regard.

[Reveela]

Love the content! Always cool to see where I hung out as a kid. Just to clarify about nationality... Mongolia and China are different nations. They have their own distinct identities and aren't the same in terms of nationality (also historically and culturally). Thank you again!

[craigadams]

Ok, Jason, I had to look up EXACTLY where Mongolia was on a map. 😊. Beautiful place! Looking forward to more and especially love when you engage with locals. You're the best at that!🎯💯🥇🏆

[navidafatima]

Thank you Jason for showing us this beautiful country, looking forward for more.

[saast]

I love how much historical information you include in your videos. Makes for much more informed travelers. I watch another documentary on the Soviet Union and the residential communes were exactly the same. The apartment buildings make a square with the courtyard in the middle. And always a supermarket and pharmacy nearby. Nice to see how those plans were adopted throughout the USSR

[deepwoodguy]

I wonder what Genghis Khan would think of your sleeping quarters?? Better than his yurt?? great tour...thanks...🐎🐎🐎🐎

[hsiaochenggg]

Wow, nice to see Jason's travel again! Can't wait to see Mongolia again!

[princeali]

All my coworkers watch you in our break room at work - we are in Kansas City Kansas USA -

[torvalderiksson]

Interesting and excellent introduction to Mongolia. Looking forward to seeing your complete travel. Good job, Jason!

[gilbertque]

Hi Jason! You're right, Padme Amidala's costume was based on a traditional Mongolian woman's look! I'm enjoying your Mongolia video so far. I'm from the Philippines, but I went there in 2015 to attend a youth form + some sightseeing. Missing Mongolia!

[DawnScavo-kw]

Jason this was an amazing tour of Mongolia. Thanks for taking us there. We look forward to watching more. Fascinating, and interesting how many parts of the world look similar to others. The neighborhood your first hotel stay was in looked similar to parts of Detroit, Michigan (USA) that I am familiar. Wonderful to see the monetary and the surrounding scenery. Awesome 😊

[ritastiles]

This is so interesting about Mongolia! Thanks for taking us along 😊

[iinarrab]

So excited for the videos on the other parts of Mongolia! You also took the Chinggis, Meditation temple, and Turtle rock tour! Nice!

[JasonBillamTravel]

Let’s see if we can hit 2k likes on this video! ^^

[jsmnnn]

Thanks for your visit Jason! Hope you had a good time while exploring around my country❤

[danielvalenzuela]

Hi Jason good to see you back and a big surprise being in Mongolia. A place where it seems so remote but with so much beauty and cultural value. Thank you again and I look forward to your next videos. Cheers

[mpoliva]

Looking forward to this series! Mongolia has been on my travel wishlist for a long time, now that it's opening up a bit more to tourism I will start planning!!!

[MAIDU]

I love that your showing this interesting and amazing place. I’d love to go there. It’s a beautiful community and the people look 👀 lovely to me. I’m Indigenous Native American and I heard a cousin of mine visits annually to support the Christian Community. He’s part Indigenous from an Arizona Tribe and half my Tribe from N. California so he probably fits right in. 😂🙆🏻‍♀️❤️‍🔥🙌🏽 I love everything about the clips you showed. Make lots of Amazing Memories while you’re there. I appreciate you sharing all of the clips of the city and countryside. 🙋🏻‍♀️🇺🇸❤️‍🔥

[hjqbcb]

You never disappoint Jason. Very excited to see the rest of the series. 🙂