Gobi Desert Ulan Bator

... , including the largest full size, intact dinosaur skeleton I've ever seen, most these dinosaur relics were found in the Gobi desert. Sadly the displays are so poorly presented in the dilapidated museum, that the awe of the discoveries are somehow lost. ...

... around Beijing to fertile farm lands to long sweeping grass plains to endless deserts as you get closer to Mongolia and the Gobi desert.   The trip from Beijing station to Ulaanbaatar the capital of Mongolia typically takes 30 hours but can take ...

There really isn't a lot in Mongolia. The train arrived at the capital Ulan Bator at 8am and about half of our companions, human or otherwise, were getting off.  It was cold, really cold, and most of them were going off camping in the ...

So I spent two nights in the Terelj national park and came back yesterday, but soon I'm already off to Gobi desert for five nights with a French couple and a Swiss guy. So it'll be five days without a shower, toilet or electricity. ...

... landscape had flattened out and began to dry and the brown grasses and dried earth soon gave way to the vast and sprawling Gobi desert.  The clear skies and barren yellow earth gave the impression of heat but the indicators on the train suggested a ...

That right! I been to Mongolia. Well I didn't stay in Mongolia but I have been though it and I did jump off the train a couple of times.  Saw some wild camels and horses which was very cool in the Gobi Desert.

... to check out some dinosaur bones.  The bones were very cool and it was impressive to know that they were found in the nearby Gobi desert.  They had claws that spanned 4 feet (just the claw part!) and hips that were 10 feet.  Some big, big ...

After a slightly scary and lengthy border crossing we arrived in Ulan Bator. Mongolia's wicked - a mix of old Russian communism, traditional Mongolian Temples and costume with modern Capitalism trying to sneak through. It's beautiful, the ...

... head of the fog from thee inevitable Ulan Baator Irish bar, and also to get the supplies we will need for our travels in the Gobi desert. Mind you, I never expected to be setting off to the Gobi in a snow storm, but thats what its doing as I write this! ...

... very excited to get away from camp for a little while and just go have some fun. She has never been to the Gobi Desert, even though she grew up in Mongolia and it a huge area of her country. So it will be something new for both of us. Although I'll be ...

... soon... I wish you all the best... My experience in Mongolia was really unexpected, but i really enjoy the countryside but unfortunetly i haven't been to Gobi desert, good excuse to come back another time :) Take care nico www.grenius.com

Just south of Ulan Bator, Mongolia, the Gobi Desert begins to show itself. Giant birds of prey, hawks perhaps falcons, swoop overhead. Camels graze freely, while sheep dot the endless brown plain. Ellen and I managed to have a cabin to ourselves for ...

... , we are all well and enjoying a brief rest for a couple of days here in Ulaan Baator in Mongolia. We plan to head south tomorrow towards the Gobi desert and have also been joined by a great guy called Dennis from Brisbane in Oz who will be traveling with ...

... I just say that I study social sciences. So back to the Mongolia. Just had my first full day in Ulan-Bator and I'm thinking to stay in Mongolia until about the 15th of February, getting some excursions to the countryside on the following ten days. ...

... and repeat the paperwork checks and baggage inspection. Finally complete, we settle down for the night time journey across the Gobi desert. Waking with the intense sunshine of the Gobi, we realise leaving the window open for ventilation was a mistake ...

We arrived in Ulanbator, the capital of Mongolia, and did a quick tour of the city before heading out into the Gobi desert. We stayed for 3 nights with some nomadic people in their tent, known as a ger, and went on little trips out to places such as ...

What to say about the Gobi desert? Generaly, it appeared to me as a great source of inspiration. Like when you're in the middle of the sea or on a top of a mountain; when you wander in the middle of the desert, Mother nature reminds you how little you ...

... The Mongolian heartland consists of relatively flat steppes. The southern portion of the country is taken up by the Gobi Desert, while the northern and western portions are mountainous. Though the majority of Mongolian citizens are of Mongol descent ...

... speak a perfect english, and 1 girl speak fluent franch...language that i can't speak anymore :) I will try to organize a trip in Gobi desert, some people tell me it's too cold and some tell me it's ok, but i guess i have to buy some warm colthes. ...

... lake Baikal, which was vast and entirely frozen and nomadic people living in gher tents with their camels (two humps) in the Gobi desert. We're not going to lie, there was alot of snow. At times the weather outside was so cold that despite ...