Gobi Desert Ulan Bator

... in herds that often numbered over 100. The nomadic families we stayed with kept between 300-500 animals. In the Gobi desert of Southern Mongolia we drove amongst eagles, gazelle, fox, condor, and thousands of horses and 2 humped camels. Whilst ...

... all of the time. It's nice to rug up at night! I'll stay here until I join a trip to go deep into the Gobi desert which will involved travelling by jeep (with a Mongolian driver) for the standard 8 day journey staying in Gers or camping along the way ...

... drivers little brother, myself and 3 American guys (Tom, Ken and Jeff). The plot: Head south from UB (Ulaan Baatar) into the Gobi desert and finish off with 2 nights in the Terelj National Park. It took about .5hr from UB for our van to venture off ...

... times! As the train headed towards the south of Mongolia the countryside became drier and more barren until we arrived in the Gobi Desert. It was surreal scenery and you could see for miles around. When we reached the Chinese border, they lifted the ...

... of the valley floor, and eventually, after a couple of KM or so you come to ice! Yeah, ice in the middle of the Gobi desert, not just a little bit either. It was quite strange seeing this huge amount of ice sitting there just slowly melting away. I've got ...

... , 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. ...

... - 20 Mongolia Aggh.... Mongolia. That name has always stirred up visions of the untamed - Ghinggis Khaan, camels wandering the Gobi Desert and wild horses galloping across the steppes. It's a huge, landlocked country (17th largest in the world) about ...

... I survived the Transmongolian journey on train #23 which glided over the Great Wall, through Inner Mongolia and the endlessly flat, but spectacular Gobi Desert and arrived in Ulaan Bataar. Due to serious time/money restraints myself and Chris immediately ...

... 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 ...

... passing by the great wall (which I missed), changing the rail gauge at the Chinese-Mongolian Border, passing through the Gobi desert, and hanging out at the Russian-Mongolian border in my train car hoping that the russian border officer wouldnt kill me ( ...

Goodbye Siberia, hello Mongolia and the Gobi desert. Today we travelled out of Russia, through customs and into Mongolia. Out train took us through many different landscapes as we went from lush forests to mountain passes and into the endless steppe ...

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 ...

... them. From the border of southern Mongolia to the capital Ulaan Baatar was a 12 hour ride replete with diverse landscapes. The expansive Gobi Desert to the south was like an endless sea of sand. There was also a dust storm as we passed through the area ...

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 ...

... 3 or 4 hours changing the bogies (wheels) because Mongolia, Russia and China all have different track widths. We rode though the Gobi desert at night and had to keep the windows shut because it was so dusty. The food was shit and overpriced. It was ...

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 ...

... ruins of Khakhoren--all of which were fascinating. I have about 4 days left of language classes, and then I am off to the Gobi desert this weekend. When I return, I will immediately jump right in on my research. I will update again after my crazy Gobi ...