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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 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 geckozo
August 7th 2009

Into the back of beyond Asia » Mongolia

Tomorrow I head off into the wilds of Mongolia, where I am not expecting internet access. Or much electricity for that matter. So the blog will be kind of quiet for a couple of weeks. [View Full Entry]

By Sam Broad
August 6th 2009

Ulaanbaatar and a week with a local family Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

A view from the train journey from Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar

You may be thinking I've been kind of quiet lately. Well there's a pretty good reason for that : I've been out of town... And by out of town I mean "Outer Mongolia" ! After arriving in Ulaanbaatar (UB for those in the know) and spending a couple of days with Sabina my CS host seeing the sights (there are only a few, and even then, I'm counting the Beatles tribute monument as one) the Mongolian fun really begun. Sabina was kind enough to introduce me to some friends of hers (and for this I am truly grateful) who live about [View Full Entry]

By geckozo
August 6th 2009

Ulaanbaatar Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Walking around Ulaanbaatar, the first thing you notice is that every other building is a bar. The second thing is that crossing the road takes nerves of steel, precision timing and a lack of concern for your own well-being. As in China, only a third of a road is safe to cross on green, because turning traffic (usually from all directions) will be on green filter while you cross. The difference here is that there are no bikes, rickshaws, handcarts and so on to slow everyone down - just impatient motorists taking corners at high speed, jockeying for position and blasting [View Full Entry]

By geckozo
August 4th 2009

Ulaanbaatar Asia » Mongolia

Coming in to land at UB, I could see the entire, tiny city laid out below me, the empty countryside spreading away into the distance in every direction. Out there, herds of animals were being driven swiftly across hillsides, an occasional ger stood in solitude and dried streambeds snaked across shallow valleys in the gently undulating landscape. The city centre was marked by a small collection of slightly high-rise buildings. Around this stood a general low-level town and surrounding this, the ger camps which make up the suburbs. What a contrast to Beijing. Indeed, to anywhere I've been in Chi [View Full Entry]

By Karen away
August 2nd 2009

Mongolia Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

entering Mongolia

It was stunning scenery driving through the countryside to Ulanbaatar. We stayed in a fab hostel all done up traditionally and run for an orphanage. We just spent a night there and headed out the next day to Terejl national park to stay in a Ger camp. We had a choice of riding there for 3hrs or taking the ox cart. I rode, but only part way, the horses and pretty wild as they roam free and are only rounded up when needed. Mine was pretty jumpy and about half way decided it'd had enough, i somehow managed to jump of [View Full Entry]

By Paul Casey
July 31st 2009

Mongolia - The Wild East! Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

DESTROY!!

After boarding the train to Mongolia in Irkutsk, we bumped into a tour group; some of whom were Irish guys who were on a tour crossing Russia, Mongolia and China. We were all in the same train carriage along with some other people from the hostel we had just stayed in. We ended up sharing our cabin with a Russian woman who had no English and an American guy called Stephen. He was en-route to China for job interviews and was going via Russia and Mongolia for some distraction. Needless to say the atmosphere on this train was very different from [View Full Entry]

By Tony and George
July 29th 2009

The Gorgeous Gobi Region Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

On the way to the Gobi

“Before us lay Mongolia, a land of painted deserts dancing in mirage; of limitless grassy plains and nameless snow-capped peaks, of untracked forests and roaring streams! Mongolia, land of paradox and promise! The hills swept away in the far-flung, graceful lines of panorama so endless that we seemed to have reached the very summit of Earth.” Roy Chapman Andrews Off we got on our Gobi tour organised through UB guesthouse 450,000T each for 9 nights and 8 days inc food, accommodation, Jack, Van and Petrol. We set off in an old soviet people carrier; these are built [View Full Entry]

By Tony and George
July 26th 2009

Mongolia Baby - Ulaan Baatar Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Best Burger in town

Well, here we are in Mongolia and have nearly had Tony's bag pinched and mine too, the LP wasn't wrong with this place warning you to watch out for pick pocketers, they've got very nimble fingers here!!!! UB the locals call it is pretty cool though, its got a massive US presence due to its geo-political positioning in that its in the middle of of Russia and China. As one of only a handful of truely democratic country in Asia, it receives a lot of donations from the USA and various other NGO's, and all embassy staff are in UB, the [View Full Entry]

By MiRee
July 21st 2009

The art of satisfying Gods Asia » Mongolia

PART VII: MONGOLIA The art of satisfying Gods… . . . or listening in to the silence 2006. It is the right year to arrive in Mongolia. 800 years ago, in 1206, the great Dzhingis Khan founded the state of Mongolia, and soon the fellows from the steppes had gathered the largest empire the world had ever seen. Eventually it fell into decline because: Although the Mongols were good at conquering - they could shoot from their horses, sleep as they rode, they had no provisions that the enemy could destroy (they fed on bread and horseblood, if they were exhausted) [View Full Entry]

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