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Mongolian Fire Starters

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March 13th 2009
After spending 12 hours at the Russian border, we arrived in Outer Mongolia with our new Danish friends at 6am and were greeted with minus 18 degrees, nice. We went straight to our Ger Camp which would be our home for the next 24 hours. We were dropped off at Buuviet Am Camp in the middle Tereji National park (AKA in the middle of nowhere) Apart form the nomad family, sheep and yaks we were th ... read more

Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

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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 ... ... read more