Country Info
- Ulaanbaatar
- Capital
- Tugrik (MNT)
- Currency
- 2,654,999
- Population
- MN
- Country Code
Mongolia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mongolia
Exkursion Wüste Gobi
Wüste Gobi Tag 1, 1.7. Lange mussten wir nicht auf unser Lieblings Sowjet-Fahrzeug verzichten, denn heute startet unsere Gobi Expedition. Und welches Gefährt könnte für eine solche Reise geeigneter sein? Von Ulaanbaatar aus fahren wir mit Führerin ...
Langer Weg in die Mongolei
Von Irkutsk aus reisen wir wieder mit der Eisenbahn weiter, allerdings nur für wenige Stunden auf der eigentlichen Strecke der Transsibirischen Eisenbahn. Danach geht es auf dem Trans-Mongolischen Ast Richtung Süden. Die endlosen Wälder Sibiriens ...
Ger to Ger Adventure Day 1 - Honeymoon Ger
... dishes which are usually a combination of stir fried and boiled. We decided on a 5 day trek in the East of Mongolia inside a protected national reserve (the Mongolian nomads are still allowed to make this gorgeous place their home). What follows is ...
2eme jour - arrivee a Hustai
Au matin, petit dejeuner en contemplant l'etendue devant nous. Des que le soleil se leve, une armee de moucherons se reveille et on est vite recouvert. Ils essayent notamment de rentrer dans les yeux, les narines et les oreilles. Ca peut assez vite ...
Five weddings and a funeral....
well, i think its about time i wrote another entry, as ive been seeing and doing so much!! my last day in moscow was really relaxing, i visited the tretyakov art gallery as well as the all russian exhibition centre, a bizarre kind of city centre ...
GOBI
26.7. sva se odpravila odkrivat prvo puscavo na najini poti. Iz glavnega mesta 550 km proti jugu z ruskim kombijem (javni prevoz), kapaciteta za 9 potnikov, dejanskih potnikov nas je bilo 14 odraslih, 2 otroka in voznik. 550 km, stil ceste ...
Naadam-Gobi
Ceprav se javljava iz Tsetserlega v centralni Mongoliji, se utrinek zadnjega dneva v Gobiju. Preko lokalcev sva zvedela za lokalni Naadam festival, ki se je odvijal v sosednji "vasici" - 13 gerov. Ker javnega prevoza ni, sva stopala v puscavo. ...
Gobi Capital City
... vegetables and meat) we decide to repeat another Sandinavian Sköl Night! Seems like alcohol abuse is a common and normal activity here is Mongolia as there is not much to do. In addition, it’s our last night together with the Danes. Their tour is ...
End of negotiation
In the morning, we had a short meeting again with the whole group in on of the yurt of the group in order to find the best way to handle it. The guide came back saying that from 150 euros they were asking me 20 euros. As I was taking the time of ...
Sand gorge desert
I wake up at 6 AM to go to Sand gorge desert, after few buses and taxi (where each time I was not sure to where I was really going till I arrived), you arrived in tong of desert which is just surrealist with also all the Chinese touristic activities: ...
Visiting old Mongolia
Pronto, vamos lá voltar aos cavalos que hoje há tempo. Estou fora da cidade e é dia 10 de Julho. Mais tarde vão saber o que é que estou a fazer hoje e onde. O dia foi passado a cavalgar. Todo o dia, líquido, é claro, do facto de, à tarde, estar a ...
Lessons learned
... we’re returning to Ulaanbaatar. So, the perfect time for some ‘lessons learned’ from our trip to central Mongolia: · Starting with the price: 208 dollars per person, for five days, four ...
Gobi Desert
I've just come back from a six day trip in the Gobi desert. It was a really great trip to a really incredible place. The roads finish just outside the capital Ulaan Baatar so the only way to get there in to hire a driver and a jeep. We did a lot of ...
Classic, Epic Train Journey
... Here, there were many more gers and animals. At approximately 5 pm on the second day, we arrived to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. This was an experience that makes me want to take more trains, I will never forget this epic way to get to ...
Acclimatizing in UB
... for us, we decided that we wanted to experience and uber cold winter. So as crazy as it might sound, we headed to Mongolia in winter. After a long flight from London, we found ourselves acclimatizing in Ulaan Bataar (UB). When we planned to go to ...
Dinosaur Valley
... Planet guide there are more Mongolians living abroad than in the country itself. However, Ulzii seems determined to come back to Mongolia once she finished her studies. This night is special as the bonfire is a uniting and different experience from the ...
En route to the Great White Lake
Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ After selling my horse on the previous day, I decided to go north hitching to Tsetserleg and Terghin Tsagaan Nuur, the Great White Lake, where I originally intended to go on horseback. So I packed ...
The only real city in Mongolia!!
... a very beautiful parliament with a big statue of Chingis Khan and his two sons at the front of the building. Mongolia is a parliamentary republic and its constitution guaranties full freedom of expression, religion and others (rare thing in Asia). ...
The Jem of Northern Mongolia
... occasional walks up the lake shore, playing dice games, or just reading. Hovsgol is the largest tourist attraction in Mongolia, so there are many tourist ger camps to accommodate all the tourist, but really there weren't many western tourists. ...
Genghis Naan
... and knew it was his birthday came to meet us and gave him a bottle of vodka! Really nice of him and we think it was because he was a fellow Arsenal fan and Tom had shown him our photos of the ground. Farewell to Mongolia then and next stop ...
S Transmongolsko do Ulaanbaatarja
Moskva-Perm-Jekaterinburg-Omsk-Novosibirsk-Krasnojarsk-Irkutsk-Ulaan Ude-Ulaanbaatar V cetrtek zvecer (17.7.) sva se razkomotila v najinem kupeju skupaj z dvema ruskima sopotnicama, ki sta potovali samo do Perma, na 6300 km voznjo v ...
Ulaanbaatar
Prvi dan po izstopu z vlaka se nama se vedno gunca. Najprej sma mislila, da je samo utrujenost in lakota, ko pa sva nesla vilico s hrano v usta in komaj "trofla", sva se zavedla, da so to posledice 100-urne voznje. Da jet-laga ne omenjava, poimenovala ...
Ulaan Bataar, encore
... . He explains how difficult it is to keep up with the pointless tourist decals when he's driving around the countryside of Mongolia non-stop, 8 months a year. I agree. The only place he can renew them is in Ulaan Baatar. I ...
Mongolian G2G Day 4 – Kazak Heaven
The next morning proved to be a bright and sunny day. We decided that we would like to walk to the great metallic Chingis Kahn monument honoring his discovery of the Golden Whip. It is a statue that appears to be in the middle of nowhere and ...
Mongolian G2G Day 5 – Let it Snow!
... told us that the host mother said that we will have a very happy and lucky marriage because we saw the first snowfall in Mongolia which means very good luck. I’m also excited about what this means for me personally as the first snow in ...
Horses, herding, gers, udders and milk products
... , we would generally gallop over to a nearby neighbour's home or visit one of Tope Knee Am's other daughters and her family. Mongolia is renowned for the hospitality of it's people, and it is a truly fascinating culture. Seemingly anyone can enter a ...
Hustai a la riviere Tull
Aujourd'hui, randonne a travers le parc pour rejoindre la riviere Tull ou est cense se passer le petit Nadaam le lendemain. Journee tres speed, beaucoup de trot et de galop. David commence a fatiguer et doit parfois marcher un peu pour ne pas ...