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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. To be updated

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By Tara Munch
November 7th 2009

The People That You Meet Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

I wonder about the people that I meet or walk by or attempt to talk to in the course of a day. The edges of their lives just barely touching mine. People that I remember and think about but don t really know. The woman who checks me out at the grocery store, the man I pass on the street walking home, or the man I see living in the steam pipes across the street. Who are they? What is their story? Even when we talk I don ' t always know and the connection doesn't always last. For example, my [View Full Entry]

By Ekim
November 1st 2009

Sainshand - The Gobi Desert Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Young Monk

The train rolls into Sainshand, Mongolia at 5:20 am. And our four barely awake bodies tumble down the stairs, dragging our bags behind. Onto the wide open platform standing alone in the wide open Gobi Desert under a massive wide open Gobi sky. The train is gone one minute later. The sun is already up. And so is our guide, eager to meet us and take us out to our ger (yurt in Mongolian) camp - and then on to explore! The ger camp is right under a nice ridge that breaks the endless Gobi wind and will later give us [View Full Entry]

By Cuv
October 28th 2009

Who You Calling Genghis, Chengiz? Asia » Mongolia » Terelj

Terelj Hotel

After taking the 30 hour train ride from Beijing to UB, a driver and translator picked us up from the train station and drove us 90 minutes to the Terelj Hotel in the Terelj National Park. We visited in mid September and the Terelj Hotel was at it's quietest. We only stayed for two nights and on the second night I believe we were the only people there. It made for an eerie stay. Walking the halls of the beautiful hotel I kept expecting Jack Nicholson to come running around a corner with murder in his eyes and a knife [View Full Entry]

By Sam en Lieve
October 25th 2009

Mongolie Asia » Mongolia

Hustai Nuruu National Park
Przewalski Paarden

Onze twee weken trip door Mongolie Na een superverblijf op Olkhon Island zijn we begonnen aan een lange reis naar Mongolie. Met trein, bus, taxi, minibusjes.... reden we de grens over richting de Mongoolse hoofdstad, Ulaanbaatar, onze uitvalsbasis voor een 2-weekse trektocht door centraal- en zuid-Mongolie (Gobi woestijn). We vertrokken met een Russische 4x4 minivan met chauffeur, Erka, en gids/vertaler/kokkin, Doldjma. Verder in ons gezelschap: Nick en Amanda (2 Engelsen) en Sanyok (Zuid-Koreaan). Zij vergezelden ons gedurende een week, de 2e week hadden wij de achterbank voor [View Full Entry]

By Sorry but we are not at home
October 19th 2009

Mongolia Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Yummie
Hungarian minced meat export to Mongolia!

Mongolia - Ger to Ger trip Hi Friends, already in Beijing, but now we have time to give you some more details on Mongolia. We spent there 1 week which was way too short... but as there are trains only 3 times a week from UB to Beijing, and we have an appointment in Beijing on 23 Oct, we had to leave. We spent the one week in the Mongolian countryside in an organised tour where more or less the two of us were the group :o) We left UB by bus to somewhere in the West where a nice [View Full Entry]

By PedalledPennings
October 15th 2009

By Sand, Wind and Mare's Milk Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

The crossing
under the little rainbow we go....

A seven kilometer stretch of no man's land separated us from Mongolia. No man's land indeed for only fuel powered engine were allowed through - no walking, no cycling. We loaded our bikes onto an already packed jeep and scrambled in, me in a gentleman's lap, Cedric hanging on the door while steadying an inch of his butt on the tiny dashboard. The jeep was filled to capacity with boxes that held electric appliances - radiators, micro wave ovens, vacuum cleaners but mainly small assemble yourself radiators. It once again reminded us that winter was descending on the World's coldest capital [View Full Entry]

Old Russian style village shop in Erdene

By Mister Peter
October 2nd 2009

Mongolia - land of the extremes Asia » Mongolia

central mongolia AFG (another f...... Ger)

WARNING: If you don't like reading, then simply click on the first picture and browse through the images, they tell more then 1000 words anyway. If you don't mind taking 5 minutes to read, well be my guest... MONGOLIA - land of the extremes Genghis Khan is omnipresent, a big picture of him welcomes you at the Genghis Khan airport and he is on every bill, many vodka, beer and several other brands. Extreme people: Mongolia is the least crowded country of the world with 1.56 per sq km. Out of the 2.5 million people who live in Mongolia, almost half [View Full Entry]

Central Mongolia Mongo P & Sand-E with our Russian Van

central mongolia little girl outside the Ger

By kue
September 26th 2009

19. + 20. 9. 09; UB - Beijing. Wenn Gerichtsmediziner die Nasenklammer montieren Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

wüste gobi

Ab durch die Wüste. Zwei Tage und eine Nacht. Gobi ist flach und verdammt sandig. So sandig, dass wir im letzten Wagen nur noch mit Tüchern vor dem Mund im Abteil sitzen. Doch das dickste kommt noch: Leider hatte es meine Mitreisende verpasst seit Moskau ihre Kleider zu waschen. Dies, kombiniert mit dem Pech nur kaltes Wasser im Hotel zu haben brachte ihr eine 4er Kabine im eigentlich vollbesetzten Zug für sich alleine. Die Holländischen Mädchen welche die anderen zwei Betten belegten verliessen (wie ich) fluchtartig das Abteil und kamen erst zum schlafen (wie ich) wider zurück. Der Gestank hä [View Full Entry]

By kue
September 24th 2009

16. - 19. Sept 09; UB und Gobi. Wüstentouren und Reitunfälle Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Nach dem Hike, ziemlich auf der Fresse

Ok, Ok ich nehme alles zurück was ich über Moskaus Strassenverkehr gemeckert habe. Moskau ist heilig, alles Fahrschüler am ersten Tag gegen UB! Die hier haben echt alle nen Hammer gefressen! Hier geht’s ums nackte Überleben. Fussgänger Streifen sind als Verzierung der Beläge gedacht und Ampeln gibt’s erst gar nicht. (Echt nicht). Am sichersten geht‘s mit dem Taxi über die Strasse. (kein Witz). Denn auch hier gilt: Ich bin auch ein Taxi. Die Fete in der Mongolendisco war trotz der absoluten Horrormusik recht lustig. Irgendwie ist UB zwischen Bravohits 13 und 14 hängengeblieben [View Full Entry]

Mongolische Turuk - Das Papier selbst hat mehr wert

By rachelisawesome
September 23rd 2009

Mongolia: Breaking it down Khan style Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Trans-Mongolian!

Our trip to Ulaan-Baatar from Beijing was long to say the least. 30 hours of countless card games, reading, scattegories, root shoot or marry’s and endless staring out the window at the unchangeable Gobi desert scenery all while under the influence of one of the many bottles of alcohol we smuggled onto the train. I loved Ulaan-Baatar instantly, despite being told by countless travellers and even Lonely Planet that it is one of the dirtiest, unsafe and grottiest places on earth. Sure it is all those things but I loved it nevertheless and thought it was fabulous! I think especially coming [View Full Entry]

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