okay hello everybody this is doug and i
am here in ulaanbaatar mongolia the
capital of mongolia if you saw the end
of my last video i said that right after
i ended that video i was going to be
heading to narantul market to explore
the largest black market in mongolia
well unfortunately that's not exactly
how things panned out it's now about 24
hours later and it was quite an eventful
24 hours to say the least story time so
i went to go start the video i walked to
a very fancy mall connected to the
shangri-la hotel it's called shangri-la
center really nice mall and i went there
because in the past when i've showed
markets and things in countries people
have said oh you only show the simple
markets show the nice places so i wanted
to go check out this mall took a bunch
of clips inside the mall lots of nice
brands and cafes and restaurants so i
went up to a restaurant on the top floor
to get some lunch i got a bowl of fried
rice very simple basic fried rice and it
was actually very tasty but shortly
after i ate the fried rice i started
having an extreme allergic reaction this
was intense like my entire body started
getting really hot and itchy
my face started popping up and swelling
up and i turned bright red and basically
i started panicking realized it was an
actual emergency ran to this hospital
nearby and they told me they couldn't
help me because they didn't have an
emergency room so i walked like across
the city 30 minutes because i couldn't
get a taxi uh
puked a bunch off a bridge on the way
there finally made it to the hospital
and thankfully there they gave me some
epinephrine like an epipen adrenaline
injected and they put me on an iv for
several hours and even put me on oxygen
so it was probably the scariest travel
story i have had so far to be honest
because yeah i really had never
experienced anything like that of course
i've been to iraq and sudan and lots of
these supposedly scary countries but it
was an allergy attack in the capital of
mongolia that really got me anyway i was
very well taken care of and i want to
say thanks to the staff at intermed
hospital for helping me and thankfully a
lot of them spoke great english and they
were just very very helpful so thank you
so much to them anyway crisis averted i
am now
heading off to narantul market it is
apparently the largest black market in
mongolia and they sell all sorts of like
knockoff stuff from china but also some
cool souvenirs and um historical things
like soviet badges and stuff so i'm
hoping to grab a couple of those let's
go explore it let's see what it's like
i've heard that this is basically
pickpocket central so i'm going to be
very careful and uh hopefully not have
any issues but let's go in and check out
the market here we go okay we have
arrived there are actually a lot of
tourists coming into mongolia right now
for nadam which will be coming up soon
in the series but uh here in this market
i'm definitely the only foreigner at the
moment it's on the outskirts there's all
sorts of vendors selling this kind of
stuff and like street food and things i
don't know if there's a central part
or if it's all just like tents set up
like this
but here it seems like more kind of
industrial stuff metal
ovens or something
couches all sorts of houseware they've
got all these shipping containers
lined up here let's see i'm gonna follow
the crowd
okay
here's a bunch of like bootlegged movies
and stuff electronics
binoculars ah
mongolian instrument
i think you really could find everything
here
here they have a bunch of kind of
artisany stuff i think most of this
stuff is from china though because it
seems very mass-produced i don't know
i think it's probably a mix ah here we
go there's like the luggage section with
all the backpacks and
knock-off
luggage let's go through here
wow
it is definitely gonna be easy to get
lost in here let's go further into the
clothes section dang this place is huge
this is kind of cool so i think this
lady just goes through the market
selling noodles and drinks and things
from this moving cart to all the people
in their stalls here because as i said
it is absolutely enormous
i'm totally lost right now so i'm just
gonna keep going and try to find some of
the antiquey stuff got all of our
knockoff shoes here the fake nikes fake
adidas fake easies fake converse
everything everything you can imagine
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okay i think i found the main entrance
because i didn't come in this way i came
in the side but you can see here
neuron tool
probably market let's keep exploring you
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closed section i gotta figure out where
the rest of the stuff is okay here we've
got the wholesale fabric section i make
a lot of the traditional mongolian
clothes and attire with i think these
colorful fabrics i don't know if you
just buy it wholesale here and take it
to a tailor or if they will make the
actual garments for you here but wow
this section is super huge as well okay
here we've got
wholesale candy and sweets and things
i think probably more down this way yeah
whole bunch of candy
oh my goodness every time i think i've
seen it all i turn a corner and there's
an entirely new section
so here we've got all of the bikes tons
and tons and tons of bikes of all sizes
shapes and colors here you've got a
bunch of tents obviously very important
in mongolia because a lot of people go
camping out into the countryside and i'm
sure you can get quite a good deal on
some of these tents here much better
than like dick's sporting goods that's
for sure and obviously it goes without
saying in a place like this absolutely
everything can be negotiated for so you
should definitely bargain hard if you're
coming here
or any place like this to buy stuff okay
right next to the camping section we've
got
all sorts of fishing
supplies
they're making lures and stuff over
there flies and you've got all the
fishing rods and i think we're also near
a pet section they've got these bunnies
here that all the kids are looking at
and let's see if they have any other
animals oh kittens
oh turtle
look at that you've got a turtle and
you've also got some kittens
hopefully they're okay more fishing
supplies it's so funny in places like
this it's just such a mix you'll be in
one section one second and then you take
a few steps and you're like surrounded
by animals or
food or clothes now i'm in the closed
section you know it's just a few feet
away okay i was really hoping to find
some old soviet metals or mongolian
metals even better to scoop up here
before i leave
just gotta try to find the right section
let's see if i can ask somebody it's
just so big it's kind of hard to find
what you're looking for okay i just came
inside a building here next to the
market and it looks like we've got a
massive indoor market four floors tall
which is a continuation of everything
that i just saw outside which i already
thought was enormous let's take a couple
loops and check it out maybe i'll find
my medals okay so on the ground floor i
think it's more like consumer goods
you've got like all cosmetics and like
toiletries and stuff maybe this is from
south korea more watches and jewelry and
stuff more watches over there let's go
upstairs
it smells kind of like uh
sheep's milk or like dairy in here i
think
and it's getting stronger okay second
floor looks like a lot more clothes
similar to in the market and i don't
know if this is technically a different
market or if it's a continuation
but yeah a lot of similar clothes and
things on this floor we've got some
electronics and
clippers and stuff we got vision tests
here okay up we go again
okay third floor was pretty similar so
i'm not going to show you because it was
a lot of clothes there was also a nail
salon a pharmacy and a couple like
seamstresses
sewing stuff at sewing machine
let's go up to the fourth floor last one
here oh restaurants okay so it looks
like maybe a little more tech up here
and then you've got all sorts of
restaurants
here
so this is kind of the local food court
up here and they're also selling some
more like industrial stuff like washing
machines and here we've got stoves
refrigerators ovens okay we'll go
through the hallway to the other section
i think these are the kitchens to all
the restaurants
and it looks like we've got restaurants
on this side too i actually do need to
eat something
i'm a little bit scarred from my rice
incident yesterday but that was at a
really fancy place it was just an
allergy it wasn't food poisoning or
anything like that
so
should be okay
wow
looks good
more electronics here water coolers
guitars unbelievable i still haven't
found my soviet medals stay tuned we're
gonna find them okay
i'm back on the ground floor and i think
i found the source of the fermented
cheese smell there are a whole lot of
these
what i think are cheese curds
around
a whole lot
of
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so that's butter i think mango masala
mongolian butter these are the cheese
curds
this is i have no idea i think it's
some kind of uh
animal fat or lard or something okay
this is cool
oh this must be dried meat
wow okay yeah this is pretty mongolian
stuff here here we got the more packaged
like sausages and stuff
more of these cheese curds and dried
meat i think that's probably lamb i have
it in a bunch of different forms
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and then here we've got more fresh meat
lots of fresh meat here
smells like mostly lamb to me but i'm
sure there's a good amount of beef here
too maybe ah and here we've got all
sorts of pickled vegetables there's
kimchi i think some pickled uh
vegetables and maybe even mushrooms and
stuff
and all sorts of uh canned goods
the cheese curd smells is pretty
overwhelming just smells like a very
stinky fermented cheese let's get out of
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to the video okay i've asked around
several people just using pictures and a
little bit of google translate and a
little bit of english and uh i think
we're getting closer now to what i'm
looking for
got more this kind of stuff rings and
jewelry
just need to find the
antique stuff now
let's see
okay and just like that i have found it
a treasure trove of metals
see with persistence anything is
possible oh my goodness 1921 to 1970. so
this must be a 50th anniversary of the
communist revolution here in in mongolia
and let's see what else is
lots of mongolian stuff
oh my gosh i love this
okay i've got to figure out what i'm
going to get look at this an astronaut
okay so they've got a bunch of genuine
metals here but they've it also seems
like they kind of have like produced
additional stuff that people might be
interested in buying that is not
necessarily genuine like i see a bunch
of swastika stuff and like some hitler
and stalin statues that don't look old
swastika is a symbol from hinduism and
buddhism so it doesn't necessarily mean
nazis you can pretty much tell what is
and what isn't okay guys in the end this
quest was a big success i got four
medals so i've got this one i don't know
what it says but it's got the mongolian
flag and the soviet flag and some words
on it i'll have to translate it later
and i got this one which i think is
really cool this is from north korea
north korean flag you know you'll find
random communist stuff in all of the
former communist countries from various
other countries in the communist bloc so
this is really really cool and then i've
got this one which celebrates i believe
50 years of communism in mongolia from
1921 to 1971 and finally we've got this
one which i think is really really cool
i don't know exactly what it's showing
but i think it has to do with astronauts
and it shows cccp or sss in russian and
mongol which is actually how you say
mongolia in mongolia there's no ya it's
just mongol that's the country so yeah
these four i'm very happy with all right
guys i think that is pretty much going
to complete our little adventure here at
narantool market i'm happy to report
that i successfully made it out without
being pickpocketed and to be honest i
think that was a little bit overhyped on
the internet it doesn't feel any
sketchier than any other big market that
i've been to in any other country i
think as long as you have some basic
street smarts and watch your belongings
and don't give people an opportunity in
any place like this anywhere in the
world you're gonna be fine hope you guys
enjoyed it i always love exploring
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you