Blogs from Khovsgale Lake, Mongolia, Asia
Northern Mongolia - Maybe, I Don't Know :-)
Published: August 29th 2009Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgale Lake
August 8th 2009
Time for our next trip organised through the UB Guesthouse, 426,000T each, this included food, travel, accommodation and the wonderful Jack and the added bonus of his 13 year old boy aka Mini Jack. We set off early back up the road we had only just come back on to Karakorum, as we were just there the other day we did nothing and waited with anticipation for the next drive to our next stop Tsetserleg. It wasn't a great drive, Jack told us the scenery didn't get interesting for a few days so we spent our time getting to know our fellow passengers Sandi and Vanessa, they're both American but born elsewhere, Vanessa, Hong Kong and Sandi, Thailand. We got to Tserserleg early so we headed to the Museum of Arkhangai Aimag. It is housed in ... read more
September 5th 2008
freitag, 05.09.08 am letzten samstag haben wir schliesslich auch die grasslands hinter uns gelassen und sind nach einem kurzen shopping-stop in moron zum lake khovsgol weitergefahren. während die ortschaften im süden viel weniger 'gebaut' sind und hauptsächlich aus gers bestehen, sind hier im norden schon viele holzhäuser in russischem still zu finden. der 'vorgarten' wird normalerweise durch einen bretterverschlag von der strasse abgetrennt, so dass sich lange anonyme gassen bilden - das erleichtert nicht gerade die orientierung... so kurven wir doch einigermassen orientierungslos durch die strassen von moron, bis wir die frischwasserstelle gefunden haben. der lake khovsgol ist die 'kleine' schwester vom lake baikal, nur wenige kilometer südlich der russischen grenze. während der lake baikal je nach quelle 20 bis 25% des weltweit vorhandenen süsswassers vorhält, sin... read more
September 30th 2007
Saain bain uu Net 10 zuiderse dagen en Siberische nachten achter de kiezen. Vanaf zonsondergang valt de temperatuur met een rotvaart naar beneden. Gevoelstemperatuur -80C (in werkelijkheid waarschijnlijk iets warmer, zowat -10C tot -20C). Gelukkig staat er in elke ger een stoofje. Het hout moest er tot de laatste splinter aan geloven. Net voor slapenstijd hielden we altijd een sprintje: de stoof werd tot de rand gevuld. En dan kwam het moeilijke stuk. In die gigantische hitte deden we onze halve kleerkast aan: sokken, thermisch ondergoed, broek, T-shirt, soupull en nekverwarmer. Alsof je in een sauna zit in volledige ski-outfit. Het was nochtans noodzakelijk. De koude zat rustig buiten te wachten tot al het hout was opgebrand. En dan... Kabloeeem!! -80C die eerst aan je kleine teen komt likken om dan razendsnel van je hele lichaam ... read more
HOW WE GOT QUARANTINED BY THE PESKY BUBONIC PLAGUE
Published: October 4th 2007Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgale Lake
August 13th 2007
From bush camp at a family farm near Lake Zuun took us actually 3 hours or so to figure out how to cross the river safely, soon as we are through a big rock got lodged between the wheels again and have to pry it out, after that another long drive. So far we've been travelling in Mongolia on dirt roads, jeep tracks that would suddenly dissapear sometimes so the GPS gives us a lot of help, very rough travel and depending on road conditions and weather we could be driving all day and yet only gone 50 km. This is one of them long drives and when we were finally into the Khuvsgul aimag we got stopped at a bridge and from what it looks a check point, turns out not only it is but ... read more
May 13th 2007
So here we are, the second blog of the second part of our trip.... Following the success of our 'Gobi' trip, we decided to go on another of the tours offered by 'UB Guesthjouse'. This time, we headed out on a 10-day trip, heading west out of Ulaan Baator and turning north to one of the most popular tourist attractions, Khovsgol Lake. This is right on the border between Mongolia and Siberia and so we were pretty excited to be heading there - when we left lake baikal (Siberia) all those months ago we said that we really wanted to see it in spring / summer. We hoped that this trip would let us see the siberian scenery when it isnt -20 outside!! The group stayed pretty much the same as the gobi trip, minus Hannah ... read more
How many camels can we get for Krysta?
Published: September 14th 2006Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgale Lake
September 1st 2006
It’s August 23rd at 9am, and the six of us travelers are gathered around a big old Russian truck, waiting to leave on our 9-day trek through the countryside of Mongolia. Besides Yafeh and I, we had been joined by Olaf & Sabine from Germany, and Lena & Louise from Denmark. We’re 6 strong, and incredibly ready to hit the road! We meet our driver “Auto” (yeah I’m not lying, or trying to make a Simpson’s joke, his real name was “Auto”), and we set off from the UB guesthouse. Not even out of UB yet, we had to stop at the supermarket to ‘load up’ on supplies for the trip. We’d been warned that there wouldn’t be any sort of fresh vegetables or fruit along the way, so we loaded up on groceries and cooking ... read more
