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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 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]

By Tara Munch
September 18th 2009

Fighting the Good Fight for a Hot Shower Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Cows on the road

I am in a new apartment this year. This is cause for celebration. Actually I moved at the end of last school year. It is much nicer than my old apartment and close enough to the school that I can walk which is great because that means that I don’t have to deal with Mongolian traffic five days a week. It takes about ten minutes to walk school even though it looks as if they are right next to each other. I will probably be sad about this in the winter when it is nasty cold but I keep telling myself [View Full Entry]

By shaun dellavedova
September 12th 2009

Horse riding, archery and one magic night in Mongolia Asia » Mongolia

Ub Traffic

Leaving Ulaanbaatar early, we headed out to a Ger camp a couple of hours drive away, in order to get a feel for the real Mongolia and how people have lived for a millenium. Of course, this required about an hour stuck in miserable peak hour traffic and by the time we got to the outskirts of town we were all fully awake and sick of blaring horns. I am not quite sure which direction we headed, but I think that it is was basically south along the valley in which UB is situated. Just out of town we crossed a [View Full Entry]

By shaun dellavedova
September 11th 2009

Traffic jams, eating horse and dinosaurs in Ulaanbaatar Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Train to Mongolia

My introduction to Mongolia involved a broken leg. Not my leg, or anyone on the tour's leg, but the leg of an Australian lady who was taking the Trans Siberian railway, with the same tour company, but in the other direction. She had been putting the sheets on her bed on the top bunk just after leaving Ulaanbataar (that will be the only time I type the full name, forever henceforth to be known as UB), when she fell and broke two bones in her right leg. This lady looked to be about 60 and somewhat overweight, so why she was [View Full Entry]

By NomadAdrift
September 4th 2009

Mongolia Part II - Hospital Room #303 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Room # 303

I once heard someone say, "There are no strangers, only friends we have yet to meet." (Hey Chris) Nowhere has that been made more true than here in Mongolia. Let's see... up until this point, I've backpacked through Europe, sailed across the South Pacific, volunteered on varied farms in Oceania, taught English and trekked to EBC in Nepal, experienced Thailand's wet and wild new year... what special experience would Mongolia have install for me... hmmmm... It's got to be something different. Oh! I know... how about a hernia repair. Surgery in a foreign land was the last thing on my list [View Full Entry]

By Gord
August 26th 2009

Yurts, Yak & Yours truly Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Temple

Arriving into Mongolia's capital on a chill-some morning, we were met at the train by a hostel rep offering us space in 'UB guesthouse'. Seeming like a good deal we accepted and jumped into a taxi. You can tell at once that Ulaan Baator is much more geared up for travellers. Most travellers use Ulaan Baator as a base to undertake tours of other places in Mongolia, such as the Gobi or Terelj national park. There're some worthwhile sights within the city itself, and during this first day we visited a few of them. Around midday we walked to the main [View Full Entry]

By Karen away
August 16th 2009

Volunteering Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

At the Ger village

Well i've been working at the Ger village now for the last 2wks, i'll miss this place when i leave. The organization i'm working for is the Christina Noble childrens foundation (www.cncf.org) they do a lot of great things as well as the Ger village. They also work at the childrens prison teaching them skills for when they're released and have a big sponsership project with about 6000 kids on it. My days at the Ger village are spent playing with the kids, but i've also been helping them with some english! They love singing and the 2 english songs they [View Full Entry]

By geckozo
August 13th 2009

Moron Asia » Mongolia

All well in Mongolia. Having a pitstop in Moron. Have paid homage to statue of head Moron. [View Full Entry]

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