Blogs from Tsetserleg, Arkhangai, Mongolia, Asia
July 16th 2010
We arrived in Tsetserleg, said to be one of the nicer aimag towns, but still very ugly, save for some surrounding mountain ranges, and stayed a night in a decent enough room of a hotel. The next day we arranged transport to the White Lake (Tsagaan Nuur), sharing a vehicle with two Americans working with the US Peace Corps, and one's mom and sister who came to visit them. The road was long and arduous and we were in the vehicle for something like six hours or so. It rained and the ground was muddy, we nearly got stuck several times and skidded around. By the evening, we stopped in a ger, had a good feed and better hospitality and made it to the small village near the lake by nightfall. We were lucky because the ... read more
June 19th 2009
Dawn had given fresh colour and perspective to the grassy, oceanic expanse of the steppe. The deep green, gently rolling contours, flecked here and there by the tiny white outline of a distant ger, were now free of the bullying heat that had harassed me for the previous three days. After a mammoth train journey from London to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's congested capital, I was relieved to be on the road, under my own power. In a land of horsemen and women, I was back in my own preferred saddle, cycling through an adventure tourer's wonderland of rugged, remote country. From the lunchtime St Pancras crush to a balmy late afternoon Brussels, from Cologne's beery Saturday evening swagger to the sobering thunderstorms of Sunday morning Warsaw, I had just managed to squash my luggage - my dismantled ... read more
CENTRAL MONGOLIA TSENHER HOT SPRINGS AND ORKHON WATERFALL
Published: November 4th 2008Asia » Mongolia » Arkhangai » Tsetserleg
October 29th 2008
Km travelled 12383 29.10.08 We stood silently looking at the frost particles sparkling in the air, supported by a slow wind. It's time to go. Everything is already packed inside the car. We felt very comfortable here at the lake, and leaving is always a bit sad. Moogi and his family have been very nice and friendly. How different is their life from ours. A life dictated by the sun and the moon, the winter and the summer. One solar panel to put outside the ger during the day, enough to charge cell phones and watch satellite TV. The white lake sleeping between the mountains, always in front of your eyes. Before leaving the lake we made a stop at the shore to buy some milk and gave a lift to the lady up to the ... read more
SURPRISINGLY GORGEOUS KHORGO TERKHIIN
Published: October 4th 2007Asia » Mongolia » Arkhangai » Tsetserleg
August 10th 2007
Have to stop @ Tsetserleg to do some food shopping then camp inside the Khorgo-Terkhiin National Park, one of the most beautiful place I've ever camped in. Rain was on and off our first night , woke up and it was a bit overcast, we prepared our packed lunch and off we go to explore this wonderful place, Bruce, Ron and Peter and I head towards the other side of the valley into the White lake area, stunning views from the top, rolling hills, volcanic ovoos, colorful gers, then later big, bright blue sky, perfect day to explore. It got a bit too hot midday and a good time to lounge around the beach. Ron and I initially planned on climbing the top of the extinct volcano, came back to camp for a few beers, and ... read more
