http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Khovsgol/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Mongolia , Khovsgol en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:03:17 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:03:17 +0000 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 doesnrsquot have roads. The track there hadnrsquot been much of a track either. More a place where trees werenrsquot growing. We sighted the Shamanrsquos cabin perched alone http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Khovsgol/blog-426069.html lsquoThis winter itrsquos very badrsquo said Ulzii our hired translator for the trek lsquoat worst itrsquos maybe 52C or something many people losed cattle and this spring itrsquos very sad and the cattle is still so weakrsquo she explained as we marvelled at how shersquod managed to learn English so well having lived her entire life in such a barren outpost in addition to ls http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Khovsgol/blog-411432.html Au matin du 15e jour nous quittons les rives du Grand Lac Blanc pour un trajet de 300km vers le nord. Le trac se fait nettement plus montagneux le van progressant sur des pistes sinueuses passant plusieurs cols encore pars des dernieres neiges avant le plein t. Les hautsparleurs distillent en continu le dernier tube de Javkhlan une clbrit locale et les paysages sublimes font oublier http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Khovsgol/blog-408941.html We hit a strip of pavement a dozen kilometers before Moron. It felt like riding into some glassy fourth dimensional plane. After a few days the riding style becomes adapted to dirt roads and a brief return to pavement can be an exulting if eerie experience. Two weeks of pounding the dirt have brought us here healthy and sure footed with only one slashed tire to show for it. We heard m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Khovsgol/Moron/blog-405220.html Illuminating the heavens in crimson reds bold oranges and vibrant purples as it sank below the hills on the horizon the suns dying rays gloriously graced the sky with a kaleidoscopic spectrum of colours so haphazardly blended into each other it was impossible to determine where one colour began and the other ended such is naturersquos grand design. A late start meant a late finish but crest http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Khovsgol/blog-404759.html Salut a tous et bienvenue pour la fin de nos aventures qui se deroula 34 mois auparavantAu derniere nouvelles nous venions tout fraichelent d arriver en mongolie et partions dooner cours d anglais dans un village. le voici le voila. Superbe village de Khovd ou il faut bien l avouer on s est fait c comme des rats morts Nous avons passer 48h dans un minivan avec 24 adultes a l interieur po http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Khovsgol/blog-210411.html