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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 Yves en Anne
September 18th 2007

Gobi-trip Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Nomaden bompa
Opa poseert naast zijn ger

Dag allemaal, Sinds gisteren zijn we terug van onze tiendaagse trip door de Gobi-woestijn. Bij aankomst in UB is het onvermijdelijke dan toch gebeurd: Yves tot z'n knieen in de riolering gevallen (los deksel, geen straatverlichting, ik honger en dus in stevige pas richting restaurant...). Gobi trip was formidabel! Enorme vlaktes die toch steeds weer lichtjes veranderen: 20 km heuvels, dan 50 km platte steppe, 10 km door bergspleet, plots enorme zandduinen... Om ergens te geraken in Mongolie moet je wel veel rijden. De trip was in totaal meer dan 2000km. Maar het rijden was al een plezier [View Full Entry]

By Gnome and Monkey
August 8th 2007

MONGOLIA - PART 2 - The Desert...! Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Our trusty steed
The Russian Van

Hi there. So here is the 2nd part of our Mongolian adventure...Apologies for the huge delay - but this website crashed, so we lost our photos and new entries we made - boo!! Anyway..... We set off for our big desert adventure in an old, rusty Russian van. Accompanying us was our trusty driver Jigmee, our guide Ortgoo and the tour owner's mother, known simply to everyone as 'Mama', who was along for the ride, because (like the others) was from the Gobi and fancied catching up with some old friends. Before I begin, some fact about the Gobi: It is [View Full Entry]

By etiennedb
July 6th 2007

8 jours dans le desert de Gobi - Говь Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Lorsqu'on parle du desert de Gobi, on s'imagine souvent un desert froid, vaste, couvert de dunes ou de pierrailles, et fortement inhospitalier. Certes, avec des temperatures allant de -40 a +40-50, c'est le desert le plus froid du monde (en hiver bien sur), et c'est pas super confortable. Je peux vous dire que 45 degres pendant la pause dejeuner, c'est pas facile facile. Mais la realite est malgre tout plus complexe: les paysages sont tres divers, ce qui permet a de nombreuses familles de nomades de subsister malgre tout. Pendant ces 8 jours, nous avons traverse des steppes verdoyantes, de [View Full Entry]

By Ailbhe Emma
July 1st 2007

Last Day in the Desert Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

RECOVERED

Ailbhe - One the road very early to avoid the worst heat of the day. As we were leaving at 7am the family were slaughtering a horse - looked like a prixe winning animal, but good for quite a few dinners I reckon. Played 20 Questions in the van, but it had gotten pretty tedious by lunchtime. Countryside just starting to get greener-looking as we approached our final night's destination, and the weather had cooled down considerably. This time all of us, including Bolor were staying in just one ger, which was supposed to be the Mongolian family's summer ger, [View Full Entry]

By Ailbhe Emma
June 30th 2007

Hottest Day Yet Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

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Ailbhe - On the road again, heading north for another bone-rattling 150km. Our destination this time was the Flaming Cliffs - basically some large red sand dunes, pretty impressive, but we arrived at the hottest part of a day which proved to be our hottest so far here in the Gobi, so we didn't really hang around to take in the scenery. Took refuge in our new ger for the afternoon, complete with the same inmates as before, but less comfortable beds! The area is famous for dinosaur discoveries, which is the only explanation anyone could come up with for [View Full Entry]

By Ailbhe Emma
June 28th 2007

Two Days in the Ger Camp Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

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Thursday 28th June Emma - Woke at a civilised hour as the day was our own and we had decided to climb the sand dunes and slide down. We set off around 11 and already it was hot! Made it to the base of the dunes at 11.30 and started our ascent. Al and I soon realised how unfit we were and stopped about a third of the way up. We played 'Banditos' while the others played 'macho' and tried to out-climp eachother. We didn't feel the need to prove anything to anyone! The boys and ourselves soon came back [View Full Entry]

By Ailbhe Emma
June 27th 2007

Desert Country Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

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Ailbhe - Up early to drive about an hour east to a national park. Had a quick mooch around a funny natural history museum, full of moth-eaten examples of Mongolian wildlife. We then drove a little way into the park and walked about hald an hour as far as a small glacier - first time I've felt vaguely chilly in the Gobi! Hillarious and scary to see Mongolian tourists walking along the ice in the most unsuitable footwear - wedge heels and flip flops! Another hideous trip to another hideous outhouse before a short drive to a beautiful green valley [View Full Entry]

By Ailbhe Emma
June 26th 2007

A Hard Day's Drive Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

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Ailbhe - Very early start this morning, which was fine seeing as I couldn't sllep anyway. Our guide (and gourmet chef) Bolor was up already and cooking our breakfast - full English with fruit and all manner of bread and cakey things - fantastic feed! Really don't understand how she manages it - there is no electricity or running water in the gers, so all her cooking is done on two little portable gas rings, washing in big saucepans and everything from utensils to food has to fir into 6 or 7 big cardboard boxes, all of which are unloaded [View Full Entry]

By PYL
June 26th 2007

MONGOLIA, de Ulan Bator al Desierto de Gobi Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Comienzo del tour por Mongolia
14 días por pistas y estepa

www.diariodeunviaje.com (todo en nuestra pagina web) 1€ = 1560 Tugriks DIARIO DE ULAN BATOR AL DESIERTO DE GOBI (26-30/6) Algunas webs útiles: www.legendtour.ru, www.mongoliatorurism.gov.mn, www.sokoltours.com, www.abiertoporvacaciones.com Nada mas llegar,se nos tira encima un monton de gente ofreciendonos alojamiento y al final optamos por el Golden Gobi que nos lleva gratis y vale 5$ con desayuno incluido. Nos pasamos casi todo el dia buscando y eligiendo el tour de 14 dias y el billete de tren a Beijing. Elegimos la agencia del holandés Tseeren Tours (www.tserentours. [View Full Entry]

By Brass Monkeys
June 6th 2007

Gobi Desert Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

A full moon.
From the first night of our Gobi trip.

/Lelde/ tikko tikai atklaju, ka pedeja sadalja nebija publiceta un, lidz ar to, sanjemsiet zinjas ar baigo noveloshanos.:( Lai vai ka shodien - 06.06.07- parradamies no 7 dienu celjojuma pa Gobi tuksnesi. Gobi tulkojuma no Mongolju valodas nozime - tuksnesis. No visa ta teritorijas smilshu kapas gan aiznjem tikai 3 procentus, sniedzas 100km garuma, 13 km platuma un dazhas no kapam ir pat 300metru augstuma. Tu ir vesels storijs ar zinamu stresa piedevu un nepatikamiem atklajumiem par cilveku dabu, ka mes lidz tam tripam nonacam beigu gala... Varbut detaljas neiedziljinashos, gan jau, ja sa [View Full Entry]

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