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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 boristhegreat
August 7th 2009

Shamanic Rituals in the Midnight Taiga Forest Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgol

The shaman performing

Blue bands tied loosely around a lone tree greeted our arrival. The colour of Tengger. God. Each band representing a dream of those who dared to ask. A wish cast upon the wind. There never was a road. Mongolia doesn’t have roads. The track there hadn’t been much of a track either. More a place where trees weren’t growing. We sighted the Shaman’s cabin perched alone in a dark corner on the edge of the forest. “Anyone there?” No response. We looked around the back. Why doesn’t this cabin have any windows? I wondered…… Strang [View Full Entry]

By boristhegreat
June 23rd 2009

Into the Back of Beyond. Visiting the Darkhad and Tsartan People Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgol

Friendly Tsartan lady whom we herded reindeer with in the snow

‘This winter it’s very bad’ said Ulzii, our hired translator for the trek, ‘at worst it’s maybe -52C or something, many people losed cattle and this spring it’s very sad and the cattle is still so weak’ she explained as we marvelled at how she’d managed to learn English so well having lived her entire life in such a barren outpost, in addition to ‘Darkhad’, ‘Tsartan’ and her native Mongolian languages. ‘That is why nobody, they don’t really want to hire their horses to us because they still so weak a [View Full Entry]

By Frisco
June 14th 2009

Mongolie du Nord : Jusqu'au Lac Khovsgol et au-dela Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgol

Les montagnes de la Province de Khovsgol

Au matin du 15e jour, nous quittons les rives du Grand Lac Blanc pour un trajet de 300km vers le nord. Le tracé se fait nettement plus montagneux, le van progressant sur des pistes sinueuses, passant plusieurs cols encore parés des dernieres neiges avant le plein été. Les hauts-parleurs distillent en continu le dernier tube de Javkhlan, une célébrité locale, et les paysages, sublimes, font oublier la durée et la fatigue du voyage, de sorte que lorsque nous atteignons la bourgade de Moron, en fin de journée, nous sommes encore assez motivés pour une bonne nocée a la biere russe, qui [View Full Entry]

"Une chiure de mouche sur les cartes de l'Etat-major"

By Bike Tour Eurasia
June 4th 2009

Chingis Khaan and His Brother Don Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgol » Moron

Meadow camp

We hit a strip of pavement a dozen kilometers before Moron. It felt like riding into some glassy, fourth dimensional plane. After a few days the riding style becomes adapted to dirt roads and a brief return to pavement can be an exulting (if eerie) experience. Two weeks of pounding the dirt have brought us here healthy and sure footed with only one slashed tire to show for it. We heard many a sadistic tale of the horrors of Mongolian roads but, knock on sand, few have come to fruition in the 700+ kilometers since we left the scruffy pavement [View Full Entry]

By boristhegreat
June 3rd 2009

The place where roads end.. Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgol

Darkhad minority

Illuminating the heavens in crimson reds, bold oranges and vibrant purples as it sank below the hills on the horizon, the suns dying rays gloriously graced the sky with a kaleidoscopic spectrum of colours so haphazardly blended into each other it was impossible to determine where one colour began and the other ended, such is nature’s grand design. A late start meant a late finish, but cresting the last hill and sighting Moron’s dusty collection of ramshackle homes with brightly bedazzled tin roofs reflecting the divine light, the town had a heavenly aura that dispelled our feeling [View Full Entry]

By Mike Eve
October 11th 2007

Aie aie aie Asia » Mongolia » Khovsgol

debut du voyage
et oui ils y avaient bien 24 pers dans ce minivan qui poursuivaient le meme but: parcourrur 1500 bornes en 48h non stop, zen soyons zen

Salut a tous et bienvenue pour la fin de nos aventures qui se deroula 3-4 mois auparavant Au derniere nouvelles nous venions tout fraichelent d arriver en mongolie et partions dooner cours d anglais dans un village. le voici le voila. Superbe village de Khovd ou il faut bien l avouer on s est fait c***** comme des rats morts!!! Nous avons passer 48h dans un minivan avec 24 adultes a l interieur pour y arriver et autant de temps pour retourner de la capitale mais cette fois avec plus de confort!!! une jeep pour 4 pers, quel luxe! NOus sommes [View Full Entry]

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