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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 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]

By NomadAdrift
July 19th 2009

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia : Part I - The Beginning Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Herdsmen and Sons

Two days prior to departing Nepal I was bestowed an unwanted memento, 'Delhi Belly', aka Montezuma's Revenge or Traveler's Diarrhea - there's an oxymoron for you. To think I survived seven weeks in Nepal without any real GI issues but as I was packing to leave... blammo! A slave to the proximity of a reliable toilet. This is not conducive when you're flight gets canceled unbeknownst to you and you spend three days in transit battling one befuddled snafu after another as the airlines scramble to get you to your next final destination. It was an exhausting 72 hrs of waiting [View Full Entry]

By Siobhan
July 19th 2009

The Build! Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

Our first worksite

Sain baina uu! (Hello) I just finished up my first experience building houses. The experience has been so many things. Eye opening, back breaking, gratifying and frustrating. Mongolia has also been a place that has been surprising in so many ways. The city of Ulaanbatar is fairly ugly. It has heavy Soviet influence in its architecture. However, it is amazing how Western and specifically American the culture is. The people are extremely friendly and gracious. It is amazing how kind they are. The two families we built houses for would give us small tokens of their gratitude. My favo [View Full Entry]

By Siobhan
July 13th 2009

Naadam Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

A young boy in traditional garb at Naadam

Hi Friends, I just wanted to post some fun Naadam photos from this past weekend. It was a complete kick to learn more about this special festival which celebrates Chengis Khan. It is a mix of three sports - horse racing (bareback with 6-9 year old boys), wrestling, and archery. I wanted to get these out to you now. To see photos from the festivities please click here Hope you are well! More soon, Siobhan [View Full Entry]

By Brad and Sue
July 8th 2009

London to Beijing to Bangkok Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Paris - Arc de Triomphe

London - Paris: 14th May We arrived in Paris in the afternoon after taking the train through the channel tunnel, which wasnt actually that exciting - we were just travelling through english countryside and it suddenly went dark, and stayed dark for about 20mins, and then suddenly we popped up into the sunshine again presumably in French countryside which looked pretty similar. But Paris was lovely - its an enchanting place to be. We walked around some of the main tourist sites and just enjoyed the ambiance - went to a wine bar in the evening, that sort of thing. Its [View Full Entry]

By Bike Tour Eurasia
June 26th 2009

A Clean Line Asia » Mongolia » Uvs

Mongolia has trees

A truck went by..... three hours ago. Smoke Creek Desert -Gary Snyder A few years ago a group of us were speeding across the basins of Northern Nevada en route to a remote hot spring. Sitting in the passenger seat of our rented Blazer was mama Vickie Wiles who was visiting from the Mid-Atlantic. As she watched the endless sage roll by and slowly internalized the [View Full Entry]

By Oli and Laura
June 25th 2009

Mongolia Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Ger camp

Day 149 At 9am we loaded our bags into the grey Russian 4 x 4 minibus, along with our driver and interpretor. We would be sharing our 3 day trip with Pontus from Sweden, Patrik from Switzerland (but lives in Vienna, Austria) and Marius from Lichtenstein. There were 2 backward facing seats and a bench seat facing forward for 3 people to squeeze on. We would be entertained on the journey by listening to tape cassettes with recordings of Western and Mongolian music. After calling off at a supermarket we left the city of Ulan Bator and headed into the countryside [View Full Entry]

Our transportation for the next three days

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 Oli and Laura
June 23rd 2009

Trans-Mongolian Express Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Chinese train no. 23 to Moscow

Day 147 This morning we left our key at reception with the lady sleeping behind the counter and headed to the subway for the last time. The subway took us direct to Beijing Railway Station where we found the correct waiting room for our train. We boarded Train K23, carriage 6 at 7am and found our deluxe cabin (berths 9 and 10) which would be home for the next 30 hours. Compared to the trains we have travelled on in China this seemed like luxury. Our wooden cabin had a set of large bunks, an armchair, wardrobe and shared washing facilities [View Full Entry]

By ChristopherM
June 19th 2009

A Few Steppes Off The Rails Asia » Mongolia » Arkhangai » Tsetserleg

Summer Camp on the Steppe

Dawn had given fresh colour and perspective to the grassy, oceanic expanse of the steppe. The deep green, gently rolling contours, flecked here and there by the tiny white outline of a distant ger, were now free of the bullying heat that had harassed me for the previous three days. After a mammoth train journey from London to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's congested capital, I was relieved to be on the road, under my own power. In a land of horsemen and women, I was back in my own preferred saddle, cycling through an adventure tourer's wonderland of rugged, remote country. From the [View Full Entry]

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