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This is one of the best part[s] of the city in terms of nature.

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Ulaanbaatar City is surrounded by four big mountains.And one of the major areas, the mountain, is Mountain Bogd.

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Bogd means last emperor of Mongolia, and this big mountain is named after him.

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And this is a really nice part of our city.So, welcome to my place, my city, my country.

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Twenty years back from now, we had the more-or-less same system, where people were equal, opportunities were equal and actually the realities were equal.

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Then we had this new system of democracy and market economy.And we are exercising through, out of this transition, and we are finding... making...

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finding lots of achievements -- good things -- but we are learning lots... many lessons.

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And one of the lessons that we are learning is there is to some extent unfair distribution of the wealth.

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We need to address this issue so that people become competitive and educated and trained to meet those demands and challenges.

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This is actually [the] largest temple in Mongoli, and its name is Gandantegchinlen Monastery, the center of all Mongolian Buddhists.

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Our monastery was established in the 16th century, but it moved several times.Later it moved here on this bare foundation of the capital city of Mongolia.

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In 1905, his Holiness the 13th Dali Lama came to Mongolia, and he lived in Mongolia around one year.

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And at that time he was living in this, in the second story of this small building.And this is a favorite building for his Holiness the 14th Dali Lama.

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I would like to take you to the Chenreszig Temple, which is the most significant Buddhist statue in Mongolian Buddhism.

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It was originally built in 1911 in a connection with the declaration of Mongolian independence.

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Before 1911, Mongolia was under Manchurian occupation for over 200 years.

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So, we say that Mongolia now can see through our own eyes.This is the meaning of establishing this statue.

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Mongolians are very hardworking people.They like to spend lots of time working, working, working during the week.

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Going out to the countryside is sort of like a relief, a getaway from all the hustle and bustle in the city.

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And we're about to go inside one of the families that we have come across today.

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It's a Mongolian tradition to always present, like, either Mongolian tea or mare's milk, or milk or something to our guests.

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So this is mare's milk.It has a very, soury, bitter kind of taste, but it's very good for the health.

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Living with nature is kind of the natural way of living for especially nomads and Mongolian people.

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[The] only reason why we have to be... go to cities... [is for] education and medical service[s].

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The kind of information people receive about the country, and about Mongolia, is either you're city person or you're a nomad.

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But being Mongolian, being a Mongolian person, is both, it is like one whole.