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Bayan-Olgiy Slideshow
Bayan-Olgiy
Travel Blogs from Bayan-Olgiy, Mongolia
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Adventures out West
This is a top pick! ... , and will be making our way to the furthest western point of the country in the next few days, where there are glaciers. Mongolia is amazing! I never believed you could fall in love with a country, but I have head over heels fallen for Mongolia! The ...
Western Mongolia
... Kosh-Agash pratiquant les tarifs normaux (500r par personne). Nous voyageons avec deux locaux en visite chez leur "cousins" du Bayan-Olgiy, region mongole a majorite kazakhe. 50km a travers steppe jusqu'a Tashanta, village au bout duquel est situe le ...
Kazakh Handicrafts
... . Big celebrations are schedule for the beginning and end of the rally. The vehicle and any and all equipment must be left in Mongolia to fund a children’s orphanage as well and any other charity the participants may choose. It is a rally and not a ...
Where does the road go? No idea!
This is a top pick! ... were no animals grazing, no life whatsoever, we came to the Mongolian side. Greeted warmly by a lady on the barrier - welcome to Mongolia. The to the disinfecting hut, where we had to drive through a dip and were conned out of 50 roubles for the trouble. ...
Verrekte
... op welke tijdschaal dan ook… Ik wilde graag eens een heel andere wereld zien, nou dat was het hier! Hoewel ik in verder Mongoli'' ook nog heel wat verwacht te zien. Ik vervolg mijn reis nu naar de hoofdstad hier en heb alweer wat volgende plannen op ...
Kazakh Hospitality
... distance. Sereg told us those were on the border with Russia. Olgii is the home province to the Kazakhs living in Mongolia where more Kazakhs are living their traditional lifestyle than in Kazakhstan. Sereg was obviously proud of his Bayan-Olgii province. ...
EAGLE HUNTER OF TSENGEL
EAGLE HUNTER OF TSENGEL August 29th, 2011 Northern and Western Mongola Tour Day 23 of 32 Day with the Eagle Hunter before driving from Tsengel to Olgii City, 2:30PM-3:30, 32 KM MORNING WITH EAGLE HUNTER'S FAMILY People in the ger started stirring ...
guantanamongolia 2
... lot of stressed Brits around in 'The Compound' this morning. We'd headed to bed last night after Dulguun (the Charity Rallies organiser in Mongolia) dropped the bomb-shell that we may not get out for a few days and that leaving the car at the border is a ...
buuz and booze
So, we woke up in the Bastau hotel. It's not nice, but it's clean and there is a toilet of sorts. The first order of business, in fact the only order of business, is to find a mechanic. It's going to be a an exciting birthday for Damo. We find a ...
Far West of Mongolia - Kazakh culture
... with additional steel to cope with the rough terrain. We had met our driver/guide in the airport as we flew into Olgiy on a propeller Aero-Mongolia flight - as we looked for a taxi into town, we were very lucky to meet up with Jupar (Japaa) and quickly ...
Tsengel Campsite in the northwest of Mongolia
Hi all, Set off today from Olgiy west into the mountains towards the Altai area of Mongolia towards Tsengel. Jarvo decided to stay and rest his shoulder and planned to meet up with us in a few days further on towards the Russian border. The journey ...
guantanamongolia
... , we paid a 300 pound fee and raised thousands of pounds for charity in exchange for precisely nothing. The easy entry to Mongolia of which we were assured has not been forthcoming and our Turkmenistan entry was far from simple. The two basic tasks ...
Border Camp the final frontier
We are all beginning to tire of the continued jarring and sustained damage to our cars. As we arrive at the border campsite the scene is like the carnage after a battle. Cars are supported on jack and hammers and clangs are the evening norm noises. The ...
Smoothing Ruffled Feathers
August 25th Northern and Western Mongolia Tour, Day 20 of 33 15km, 3 hour, Horse Trek off the mountain followed by 160km drive back to Olgii Sunny morning with the wind at our back We counted our blessings again. Day 20 of our tour and we haven't been ...
Rugged Mountains and Friendly Kazakhs
Olgii-pop 29,000 We arrived to Olgii, capital of Bayan-Olgii Province on a 50 seat turboprop plane that bounced incessantly on descent to Olgii, the squat, concrete town nestled in a bare valley surrounded by snow-capped mountains, and a roaring river. We ...
Kanas Lake Nature Reserve
Kanas Lake is China’s deepest freshwater lake and right up on the border with Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia. It therefore has a large Kazak and Tuvan (Mongolian nomad) population. The lake is part of a national part and therefore managed in the ...
Hemu
So today I arrived in the last city on our trip, Hemu. I woke up and ate breakfasts with al the IES students. Then they all got on horses while I stayed on the bus. My bus ride was very pretty. The only really scary part was when the bus had to pull a U ...
Le périple : 1ere partie
Salut, je reviens de 14 jours dans l'ouest. Je vais vous raconter ce qui s'est passé, vous n'allez pas le croire!!! Déjà le contexte : Comme ça avait été galère de partir sans un guide qui parle le local et l'anglais, j'ai fait appel ...
Lik Gallery 's Travels
We are travel in Mountain Altay,Russia where is people of Russia looking for his happiness in country "Belovodie" about many centures. Nikolay Rerih find this place in his expedition on Altay and tell about expedition in his book "ALTAY - The ...
Kanas Lake
We went up North to Kanas Lake today. From the hotel with our last shower of the trip it took like 3 hours to get there. The drive up to the lake was really really pretty. We kept moving and riding smaller buses to get closer to the lake. We finally ...
Last Day in Hemu
So today was our last full day in Hemu. I woke up had Breakfast. Then we went to the local school and had a soccer game with the local kids. It was really fun to watch because I couldn't play. Li Dao acted as the referee. I began to feel a little bad ...
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