Ulan Bator Campgrounds - Reviews and Rates

Five words that describe the Transmongolian experience - Noodles, noodles and more noodles!!! Those of you who we talked to before going away were probably aware that we were slightly dubious/anxious about spending the best part of a week on a train (especially since one of us may have a past reputation for motion sickness *ahem*), but we can ho...

We left sadly and headed south again to a campsite by the Selenge River which flows into Lake Baikal. Another beautiful campsite, we climbed a nearby rock to watch the sunset. The next day we drove through stormy clouds all day, finally eventuating in a hailstorm and a couple of slides in the mud for those of us in the second van, and nothing fo...

its funny to sit here and actually say that i'm in mongolia...our guide asked me what we know of mongolia in america and all i could think of is that we use it as a synonym for the middle of nowhere... of course sitting in an internet cafe in ulan bator feels a lot less like the middle of nowhere yet the 6 day trip we just got back from truly to...

First stop: Zanabazar Art Museum This place was kind of comical. First, they gave me change for a 10000T bill in like 50s and then they ran around ahead of me to turn on the lights. Popular place. There was some neat landscape stuff, and horse stuff, but all in all not terribly memorable (but then, I'm also not exactly an art expert). Once outs...