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Background: The Mongols gained fame in the 13th century when under Chinggis KHAN they conquered a huge Eurasian empire. After his death the empire was divided into several powerful Mongol states, but these broke apart in the 14th century. The Mongols eventually retired to their original steppe homelands and later came under Chinese rule. Mongolia won its independence in 1921 with Soviet backing. A Communist regime was installed in 1924. During the early 1990s, the ex-Communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) gradually yielded its monopoly on power to the Democratic Union Coalition (DUC), which defeated the MPRP in a national election in 1996. Since then, parliamentary elections returned the MPRP overwhelmingly to power in 2000 and produced a coalition government in 2004.

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By Drunken Tiger
February 11th 2009

The Trans-Mongolian Express (2): On to Ulan Bator and Beijing Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Russian bears...

After the mystical experience of Lake Baikal, time speeded up again as we headed for the Mongolian border. Carriage 10 became a micro-world, the passengers all setting their own boundaries and establishing the roles, rituals and routines that were mutually noticed, yet never acknowledged. The smallest sound became audible - whether the drone of Jean-Paul humming a demented tune at the far end of the carriage or the snap of playing cards as my Swedish neighbours completed yet another hand of gin rummy. The two Chinese attendants were tolerant, though not indulgent. This trip may have been th [View Full Entry]

By tristanandcharlie
December 14th 2008

Land of blue sky Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

View from near our first ger

We're back in Ulan Bator after our adventure in the Mongolian countryside.... We spent every night of the trip with nomadic family. This country is incredible- 50% of the population are nomadic or semi-nomadic- living in round felt 'gers' (yurts) and moving four times each year with the seasons. The rest of the population lives in U.B. which is really weird as there are basically no tarmac roads in the country apart from in and around U.B. and the government has no money so regional development is impossible. There is a problem with rural-urban migration because everyone wants to move to [View Full Entry]

By PaddyandSage
October 12th 2008

The Golden Gobi and adventures in Central Mongolia Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

White Cliffs
Playing kick the bottle at sunset

(There are photos attached so click the web link on your e-mail is you can't see them) We have just spent the most amazing two weeks in the Mongolian countryside and have had a fabulous experience. We organised a driver and a guide through our guesthouse and were joined by 2 Spanish girls and a Danish couple. Accomodation was mainly in Gers owned by Mongolian families, although we slept in tents occasionally. There was no luxury, beds were hard or the floor, no running water so no shower for 12 days and the toilets were holes in the ground surrounded by [View Full Entry]

By Mistadobalina
October 8th 2008

In the winds of the Gobi desert, Nicholas G. Boyce defeats his fear of marmots… Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Gobi crew

…I reached into my backpack and found a marmot eating all my carrots, so to calm my nerves I sipped a red bull and played tic-tac-toe, while listening to Mongolian radio…I awoke, half blinded by the brilliant blue sky, from this nightmare of sorts to find I was in the middle of a Gobi desert steppe surrounded by mountains that had mouths, I wrestled out of my sleeping bag to consider how I came to be here… It started a long time ago (billions of years ago I’m told); but to me let’s say 26 years, 239 days, 3 hours and [View Full Entry]

By Crance
October 5th 2008

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Getting ready to get on the horse (Billy Idol)..

Days 30 - 33 At last finally arrrived in Ulaanbaatar and we met our tour guide and the rest of the group before heading to a hotel for a shower YAY!! All of us really happy to arrive at the showers until we saw thesign bathhouse.. Turned out we just had a room with about 5 showers in, ha ha ha.. After everyone had had the most awkward shower EVER we headed to breakfast :) it wasone sausage and half an omlette so not the fry up i'd hoped for so i just filled up on the rolls.. We had a [View Full Entry]

By Hanso
September 20th 2008

PICTURES from the transmongolian train Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Finally!
Totally exhausted we finally get on the train at 21.15, 15 minutes before departure

Pictures from oiur travel through russia, mongolia and china [View Full Entry]

By Islandboy
September 7th 2008

Japan to England, Overland - Part 3: Land of the Blue Sky Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Lone horse

I've been pretending to myself that I will write up all of the great times and memories that I had on my travels for almost a year now and starting to realise that it was perhaps too much of a grand task to imagine that I might have the motivation and drive to want to spend hours, days or even weeks, typing away in the hope that I might capture all of these moments before they slowly disappeared. So, as for Mongolia, The Land of the Blue Sky, without doubt the most beautiful, untouched, epic and haunting of places I have [View Full Entry]

By schlick33
August 23rd 2008

... and this is the gobi! Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

mittagshalt
am rand der gobi

samstag, 23.08.08 jetzt sind wir erst fünf tage unterwegs und ich muss schon tage zählen, um rauszufinden, welcher wochentag heute ist...! am letzten sonntag hat, wie ich ja schon im blog geschrieben hatte, die tour durch die mongolei von imaginative traveller angefangen. tourguide ist die 34-jährige engländerin jess, ein bisschen der aussteigertyp, der sich unabhängig von einem maximal zu erreichbaren einkommen, ihr leben in der natur verwirklicht - eine eigenwillige, aber sehr liebenswerte und offene persönlichkeit... obwohl für mich etwas zu krass, habe ich sie sehr schätzen ge [View Full Entry]

By LizLaz
August 8th 2008

Desert Trek to the Gobi Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Ger Camp and our truck!

Well we have returned from our Gobi Desert visit. We spent 6 nights and 7 days out in the Gobi. It was an amazing experience and certainly not one that I will forget in a hurry! Our driver Tiger, who couldn't really speak English - although we did manage to add about 6 words to his vocabulary by the end of the trip, these included "Thank you", "good night", "good morning" and "SLOW DOWN TIGER!!" The roads were - basically rubbish and just dirt tracks that all look the same. We are fairly certain that it was Tiger's first trip - [View Full Entry]

The girls again - overlooking where dinasour fossils have been found

By mcooper
July 30th 2008

Camping Monglian style Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Me again, Michelle and i have both been a bit lazy since our return from camping for 12 days around Mongolia. Easy to let it lapse when you don't have an internet connection ( or phone reception etc) We did a south west loop around central Mongolia, the exact loop can be found at http://www.imaginative-traveller.com/trips/ATMV It was a small group, 8 people in Russian vehicles getting bogged, breaking down and having a great time around Mongolia. I think we were both ready to have something organised for us with so much being independent prior to that. It was a great group [View Full Entry]

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