Mongolia

Ok, Mongolia was never planned but as always the best experiences never are...It was down to Om, (That handsome chap I met in Hohhot) why I had such a precariously awesome time in a country full of wonder, tiny horses, beautiful women, a harsh climate and once home to the great Genghis Khan...

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willrob on March 19, 2010 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Rob Williams 'a year in the making'

Ulaanbaatar

We arrived in Mongolia late at night. We were all roused by the ritual that is the swapping of the trains wheels. Russian and Mongolian train lines are different so the carriages have to be hoisted of their wheels and on to new ones. This is slow and noisy process but after 4 days on the train...

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redherobluevillain7 on August 22, 2009 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Stories from the middle of the middle kingdom.

The land of the blue sky / Laq tierra del cielo azul

If someone had asked me what the most remote country in the world was, I would have answered Mongolia. Maybe because I just did not know anything about it and had never met anyone from there. They are only 2.6 million people! even less than Costa Rica. The Mongolian people have an amazing...

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patryandjose on August 21, 2009 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

Terelj National Park of Mongolia

I had a chance to visit Terelj National Park in Khentii mountains of Mongolian one of the oldest mountain in the world. Main interesting part starts when we reached Tavansalaany garam in Terelj when we stayed in the GER of local horsebreeder family. Next morning we saddle up our horses and...

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bayaram on February 10, 2009 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Snowy summer day in Mongolia

A couple of days as a nomad!

Well not really. Jumped straight on a tour for the next morning after arriving at my guest house the Golden Gobi. A couple of nights in Gers (Yurts) one in the local national park and another with friends of the guest house owner in the middle of nowhere... theres a lot of middle of nowhere in...

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Dan on October 29, 2008 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

The Great Train Journey begins...

So I'm on my way home... The slightly long overland route though, traveling on the Trans Mongolian and Trans Siberian Railway then through a bit of Europe before getting to Berlin before the end of November. So i wont be gracing your couches eating cheese and chutney sandwiches and generally...

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Dan on October 27, 2008 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!