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Gers out on the Mongolian Steppe



From: Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar

Mongolian  Flag 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]
Blog: Mongolia
Date: June 2nd 2011

Wow! Where to start with Mongolia? In English, that was fantastic! In American, that was freaking awesome! In French - C'était incroyable! In Mongol, it is simply GOY (great)! Leaving from Irkutsk, it was a 42 hour train journey to the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbataar (colloquially referred to as UB). As our train was quite empty the provodnista (carriage attendant) rearranged everybody so ... read more


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