Untapping Mongolia's Mineral Riches - Forbes: "When I was invited as a U.S. representative to the Asian Development Bank to speak at the 1991 opening of the Mongolian Stock Exchange, I expected a frontier adventure, as the country had just broken free from Russia to form a fledgling democracy. I got more than I bargained for and, in retrospect, was lucky to get out of there alive.
The first challenge was vodka. Mongolians are the highest per capita imbibers of vodka in the world. I nearly drowned in the stuff as dozens of toasts and calls of “bottoms up” went on late into the evening of my arrival in the capital of Ulan Bator."
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