Karakorum (Kharkhorin)

... and a huge statue of the man himself, Gengis Khan (which Andrew seemed strangely attracted to).  We then set off for Karakorum and endured about 9 hours drive through some of the most remote scenery on earth, it was incredible. Mongolia is the ...

Tuesday 28-08 The night was very cold but today we will arrive at Karakorum so we are excited. After long time by car, finally we could see the old capital of Mongolilan Empire founded by Gengis Khan in the XIII ...

... more horses up here.  No camels. We drove to Erdene Zuu Khiid (monastery), or the ruins thereof in Kharkhorin (on the site of Karakorum, the great Mongolian Empire's capital, until they moved it to Beijing, like everyone else did).  Erdene ...

With two long days of driving behind us, we're now in the ancient Mongolian capital of Kharkhorin. In actuality, the glory days of old Karakorum are long gone and the place is little different than any other provincial aimag capital. Enough sights are ...

... people. People look aged, and we were surprised at how old some people looked for being just 30 or 40. As we pulled into Karakorum, the ancient capital of Chingis Khan's on Oct 1 - we were feeling pretty beat up and weathered ourselves. We hadn't ...

18/07/2011 Todays Itinerary was: Arrive at the ancient capital of Karakorum, Karakorum, the building of which was ordered by Chingis Khaan in 1220 contains the Erdene Zuu monastery and is inside a massive walled compound. Visit to Erdenezuu Monastery in ...

De l'ancienne capitale Mongole, il ne reste plus grand ...

... verfügte. Nach dem zwiebellastigen Mittagessen besuchten wir die alte Kloster-Anlage. Sie wurde auf den Ruinen von Karakorum, Chinggis Khans Haupstadt errichtet. Stalin schleifte die Tempelanlagen, viel Restaurieren konnte man bis heute nicht. Die 50 ...

... Gers. Awesome.    We left the Orkhon valley and bounced back onto a paved road to zip along to Karakorum, no longer the Mongol khan's grand capital it is a fairly nondescript collection of ramshackle single storey buildings - pretty standard ...

... , dusty town, a shadow of Chinggis Khan's great empirical capital, relocated here by Chinggis from farther east in Mongolia in 1220 and named Karakorum.  Of course, even the great capital was essentially a nomad camp with few permanent buildings, so ...