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Erdenet Slideshow
Erdenet
Travel Blogs from Erdenet, Mongolia
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Mostly Driving
A long drive from Khovsgol Nuur to here. Not much else to report! It's a lovely spot - the city kids we are, we watched some cow mummy and babies moo to each other across a river, and saw a dog go into a rabbit (or other beast) hole. you can ...
Long bus rides and prophets
... in that small of space back at home and when I was talking to her about it she said it was completely normal for Mongolia and that the small one room traditional Gers house 10 people. Luckily her family that still lives there was away in UB visiting ...
And we're off.....
... quick chant and cup of Airag?? We spent most of the rest of the day getting to the city of Erdenet. This appears from almost nowhere and is Mongolia's second city (in terms of size), but it uses almost half of all Mongolia's electricity. This is ...
Mongolia - where shit happens
Start seitsmest. 35 km enne sihtpunktiks olevat kloostrit pöörame asfaltteelt kõrvale, algab offroad. Mingi hetk teatab Saima ärevalt: "ümber läksid!" Me ei usu enne, kui järgmise käänaku taga esimese ekipaazi põhjaalune meile vastu vaatab. ...
An excellent adventure
... every dairy product imaginable, then we sang songs together and got drunk on fermented mares milk and homemade milk-vodka. Nomadic mongolia is dairy product heaven. Fresh cream, butter, sour cream, yak yoghurt, dried curds, you name it. The mongolians ...
karma parandamine
Äratuseks teatab Kaarle kõrvaljurta eest, et meile saabus uus auto. Muidugi keegi jälle ei usu. Kui ennast uksest välja venitan, sammub lähemale ei keegi muu kui Zaza. Mõjub nagu miraaz. Ta on sõitnud öö läbi, söömata ja magamata. Auto kohal ...
Trans-Siberian Train - Border Crossing
... arriving). The diesel engine was reconnected to the train, and we went for an hour. Then the physical demarcation between Mongolia and Russia, which was an electric fence, appeared under a tall, watchful guard tower. Immediately, the Russian immigration ...
Mongolia's Second Largest City
Erdenet-pop 93,000 After sleeping in gers for over four weeks, we wanted to stay in a real hotel. So, we stopped in Erdenet, Mongolia's second largest city. When we arrived, it felt like a huge city, as it was two times larger any city we had seen in four ...
Oct 17, 2009
The Archangaj Province
After another night in the tents we passed through the Archangaj Province. The beautiful green land of Mongolia always around us. Lot's of animals, herds of goats, sheep and Yak, and here and there wild birds and small mamals. The holy tree is often ...
The Bizarre Valley of Amarbayasgalant Khiid
... of the aforementioned Ovoo materials). Again we partook in the activity before being driven the last 30 mins to Erdenet. Erdenet is Mongolia’s second largest city (albeit with a population of just 75,000). With this high standing come notable ...
Mongolian Barbecue
"Brian!", I had heard my name and glanced over to see our translator, Zula, waving me over. I pointed down at my camera and said, "picture" and then said "10 minutes". The mongolian horses were down at the rivers edge and I wanted to try to capture a ...
7 days in Center Mongolia
So, 7 days driving around and sightseeing some important places in mongolia was absolutely amazing! Grass, horses, sheep, goats, gers, a few people, food, stars, clouds, one lonely airport, waterfalls, camels, semi-desert... mongolia. Amazing mongolia! ...
Out into the wilderness
... took a day to get some personal supplies, then the next day we loaded up the jeep and started for the grassy lands of Mongolia. Our group comprised of two Swedish girls, Mia and Linda, two French guys Reno and Matthew, a French girl ...
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