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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... , 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 ...

... on earth that has a greater association with their horses (picture Genghis Khan and his gang riding breakneck across the Gobi Desert). Unlike western horse racing, which consists of relatively short sprints,  Mongolian horse racing, as featured in ...

... 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 ...

... - 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) ...

... 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 ...