Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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!

Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia

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wprasek on August 30, 2008 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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The Fury and the Filth

So we have arrived in Mongolia. Well, the airport is less than 5 star. I wwould say a 2 at best. a grey concrete bunker of nothingness welcoming us into the country. it was a precursor of what was to come. should not have been surprised when the airport was such a dump. Basically, within...

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adamski752 on August 29, 2008 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Adam's Leisurely Return Home

Ulaanbaatar

Hmmm... Have you ever seen a war-ravaged nation on TV? That's what this city looks like. We went to the hostel, saw a massive Buddha statue in a monastery... Huge. Then we walked to town, saw the Natural History Museum... Dinosaur Bones... Then we spent 30 minutes trying to change money....

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Big_T on August 28, 2008 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Arrival in Mongolia, the best of both worlds

So did 12:10 AND 1:10, finally at 1:40 or so we boarded, left at 2 and arrived at 3:30 am. We got into a taxi to take us to our hostel, we didn't have any Mongolian money yet and at 3:30 AM there was no-one there to help us change it either. So Adam asks the taxi driver if we can use dollars....

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Big_T on August 27, 2008 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Trans-Mongolian Day 5

Mongolia is definately more interesting than Russia. Massive plains as far as you can see, and really friendly people at the stations. Everyone in my carriage got out at Ulaanbaatar, but then I got 3 new room-mates. 2 English guys - P.E. teachers from the same school in London (i'd always had...

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olliejohnson on August 13, 2006 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: A man from Cockshutt.

Chillin' with Chingis

I spent the last 4 days wandering about in rural Mongolia, sleeping in a Ger just outside of Kharkhorim, which is the village that now stands where Karakorum used to be. Nothing is left of the old capital except a couple stone turtles that used to mark its boundaries. Mongolia is really...

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Jason Kester on May 18, 2004 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Southeast Asia, the Trans Siberian and Scandenavia

Global Domination!

Yalp! I'm in Mongolia now. Yeah that's right, freakin' Mongolia! I've moved in with 5 armies, and I'm about to roll on into Irkutsk. I should have all the green territories by the time I'm finished, and we all know that's 9 armies a turn. Let's see what your little exploits in North America pan...

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Jason Kester on May 14, 2004 from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

from the travel blog: Southeast Asia, the Trans Siberian and Scandenavia

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