Country Info
- Ulaanbaatar
- Capital
- Tugrik (MNT)
- Currency
- 2,654,999
- Population
- MN
- Country Code
Mongolia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mongolia
The land of smiling faces
... if the gold and precious stones had anything to do with it), never to be seen again. Not to be daunted, Mongolia and public and private donors have been systematically rebuilding some of the leveled temples and restoring others that were not knocked ...
Back at UB
Just spent saturday afternoon relaxing at UB guesthouse when we got back from the trip, watched a dvd and then went for a nap cos was still feeling a bit drowsy. Nam told me that was common and that i'd probably feel like that for a couple days before i ...
Nat'l Holiday Part 2 - Inner Mongolia!!!
... him about Mongolian culture and his life. Experience of a life time...racing a Mongolian on a horse in the steppes of Inner Mongolia in Northern China....I'm sitting here now writing this and I still don't believe it. We drove back, I made quite good ...
China - a truly different travel experience
... last funny situation in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Right before leaving for China, I made the crazy decision to get a haircut in Mongolia, as I thought Mongolians would probably understand English less-worse than the Chinese ;-). So I asked the staff of our ...
Terelj - Campfire songs
... to a dirt road away from the camp where a roaring fire was blazing away. There were five performer in native Mongolia dress, two singers, a dancer and two players. While all the performers were good, I was especially impressed with the ...
Horses and migent..
The train to Mongolia was so and so. Not even close to as good as the first one. But hey, we couldn't have had it better.. UB Guest house is cool, we got a trip to the national park Terelj from here. We stayed in a jurt, rode along the dessert and the ...
Ulan Bator and the Pounds of Power
Here we are! Our second day in Ulan Bator (or UB as it is apparently know but we haven't heard anyone say it) and it's by far the best city we've visited so far (we had decided this after about 30 seconds). We were picked up from the station by Idre ...
Ice Valley and Orange Canyon
Saturday 25-08 Another day travelling a lot of hours by car while crossing big green lands with white flowers; sometimes it seems to be snow. We arrived at Ice Valley, in theory we will be able to see a beautiful ...
kohal
Sõit päikesele vastu. Pärast üllatusmaandumist Novosibirskis olen kohal. Pagas ka vene-mongoli ühisprojekti tulemusena olemas. Saabumise kellaaegade kohta anti lennukis järjekindlalt erinevat infot. Vahemaandumise ajal lubati kohal olla pool neli ...
Gobi Tour 1 - Some Facts about the Desert
... a couple of days without a shower ;-). The area of the Gobi covers more than one million square kilometers stretching across Southern Mongolia and large parts of Northern China (i.e. Inner Mongolia). It measures 2.000 km from east to west and up to 800 ...
Gobi Tour 2 - The Mongolian Ger
The Ger: The Mongolian "house" By far the most well-known and obvious difference between the Mongolian people and our Western cultures is their home / house. As a nomadic people, Mongolians live in a Yurt (in German: "Jurte") which Mongolians call "Ger" ...
Gobi Tour 3 - Domestic Animals and Local Food
... impressive. There are also wolves and bears in this country but we didn't see any (fortunately). A very traditional activity in Mongolia is wolf-hunting, whereby eagles are used to hunt down the wolf and then kill it by human-hand. Understandably ...
this bus is rubbish
Oh good lord let me off this fecking bus! There really are no words to describe the levels of discomfort that are being inflicted on our poor bodies. I will list only the most pressing here but rest assured I'm leaving a lot out. We have three (I was ...
Go West, young backpackers
... . On les a quittés pour se diriger vers Olgi où on allait passer plusieurs jours au festival des aigles. To get to Western Mongolia took 4 days driving, pretty much non-stop, through the great Gobi. We took a "road" that isn’t taken too often to ...
Moonlight Shadow
Straight out on the road again, this time to the Gobi desert for 6 days. It's just me, scott and our driver from the last trip Narowa. Today was pretty much admin (shopping and internet) and guess what, driving. 300km in 7 hours. the road hasn't ...
Trans Siberian Part 2 Irkutsk to Ulan Baatar
... we would move on. We thought it would be 2 hours but to our horror discovered we gained an hour coming into Mongolia. I changed some dollars at a crap rate so we could by some water. It turns out the money changer is also the customs ...
The Middle of Nowhere
So I'm in the front seat of a jeep racing through the middle of nowhere on a randomly really bumpy dirt road. It is insanely windy outside. We stopped at an ovoo and I peed all over my leg due to a wind direction miscalculation which I ...
Off to Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia!
... to do the usual 4 hr wait while the train chassis was changed to a smaller gauge. (The train tracks between China, Russia and Mongolia are different widths so each time a train crosses the boarder it needs to stop, then the carriage is unbolted from the ...
You can spot them a while away
... for him to claim. After some discussions with security and airline staff they informed him his bag would arrive tomorrow in Mongolia. Better than never! Alex and I get the exit row seats. Score! The scenery during the flight was ...
Learning to appreciate the 'cold war' austerity!
Have spent the last couple of days sightseeing and exploring the city. Not much to see and do to be honest but i've come to quite like Ulaanbataar. The austereness and lack of modern development are part of its charm. Also, it is a safe ...
Magnificent Mongolia
... in one of our 'executive suites' to celebrate the joyous affair. On the next day we traveled to the next town call Kharkorin (Mongolia's old capital). A dusty town with a fine monastery. Bob left us to go back to UB as he was going to try to get to ...
15 day 4 Wheel Drive Trek. Day number 13
Lake Kovsgol to Khutag-Ondor 9 hours and 370km (through Moron for ...
A day of relaxation at the Great White Lake
At last! A day without a single moment spent driving! We've spent so much of this trip bouncing about on rough dirt tracks throughout the wilderness that I'd forgotten how nice it is to have a day just to walk around and take in the scenery. And, the ...
train k23 to Mongolia and more
... flawed. Here I am seen as rich. At home I am at the bottom of the totem pole. I have seen people in China and Mongolia, beggars, lepers, desparate, sad, suffering people who I want to give everything I have to, but I can;t because I have to live too. ...
Ger Life
... , trekking on horses, camels and by foot, visiting the ancient Mongol capitol of Kharakhorum and of course seeing lots of Mongolia's fantastic landscapes. My travelling companions are Joop (Pronounced Yobe in English) and Harrat from Holland. Both in the ...
Grand Khan's Irish Adventure
Moved out of hotel Manganyika and into the Golden Gobi 2. Its smaller and we're in the dorm, but the atmosphere is hugely better. We are more or less living in a Mongolian family home with a dozen other westerners. The long awaited night of ...
Wandering alone
I spent our free (non driving) day wandering throug the forest of the edge of the lake, being surprised by grazing horses, a black squirrel and the occassional sounds of people, which i avoided! Rested for lunch on a pebbley cove and read a while, then ...
A Sharp Exit
Things are going swimmingly. We're due to arrive in Jining in an hour where a man from an agency is supposed to be standing with a sign with our names on to give us our tickets for the Beijing train. And then at the station before Jining a manic guy ...
Arkhangai
... am naechsten Morgen gehts weiter. Noch 150 km bis zum Tsagaan Nuur (Weisser See), wir wagen das Abenteuer hitching in Mongolia. Schnell erfolgreich, aber nicht ganz kostenlos - eine mongolische Familie im Jeep unterwegs in den Urlaub gibt uns kurz vor ...