http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Mongolia en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 05:47:11 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:47:11 +0000 Irkutsk a short 20 hour train journey for our final destination in Russia. Its known as the Paris of Siberia.we got our first russian compliment on the bus by someone claiming to be a football player.. 39you look mighty beautiful39 then was finished by 39for this hour of the morning39 .. so quickly became backhanded...as much as we werent expected to be complimented we39ve realise http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-785342.html Mongolia is a place where roughly 70 of the people are nomadic. They travel the lands with their herds in tow and many of the people enjoy this. It is very profitable and they don39t have to worry about asking someone else for their next meal because they always have it with them. Also they can make profit from the wools and fur. What really takes an effect ont eh people of Mongolia though i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/blog-774334.html 23 novembre 2012Le TransMongolien cest 7858km de Beijing Moscou en passant par la Mongolie. Le TransMongolien cest 3 pays 3 cultures 3 histoires 3 architectures 3 gastronomies 3 langues 3 visages. Mais je ne peux dire 3 paysages parce quil dfile et change constamment surtout de Beijing au Lac Bakal en Russie. Do jcris une tasse de th et un morceau de pois http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Terelj/blog-757716.html Pour faire changement cette foisci ce nest pas dun train que jcris. Il est 22h jai un beau feu de foyer mes cts et je suis dans une yourte dans la campagne mongole profiter dune soire dune belle soire comme jen rve depuis longtemps. Le grand air ma porte le bruit et le tumulte de la grande ville nest plus quun souvenir. Bien entendu elle reviend http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Terelj/blog-757574.html We headed off with Gary to Tiaga where the reindeer tribe known as the Dukha live. The Dukha are one of the most remote nomadic people in Mongolia and have been virtually unaffected by the outside world. The only information we had was a paragraph in Garys book and some information from a Belgian couple who had just returned from a stay with the tribe. We got onto a public bus that headed from UB http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Darkhan/blog-749589.html We arrived in UB safe and sound the scenery on the train on the way in was pretty amazing. Lots of wide open planes seen some camels and wild horses. Wed heard a few horror stories about the Russian border crossings and hadnt bothered to register our visas but had no problems. Navigating UB was pretty tricky our map was a few years old and already out of date lots of construction http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-749582.html ltspangtI woke to a heavy frost and a few snow flakes in the air. After a very cold night in the ger it was time to pack up and leave for the capital city Ulaanbaatar. I said my goodbyes including the horse master who was still texting spitting and smoking all at the same time.ltspangtThe ger camp had been a great experience. Nassa estimated that at least 70 of the population still live http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-748933.html To my surprise the fire in my tent was lit again at midnight and again at 6am with the staff just walking in unannounced. When I went to bed I was very warm but by the morning I was shivering in my twothree season sleeping bag and was very pleased to get up and go for breakfast. The food was again all local and very tasty the pumpkin marmalade and yellow berry hot juice was a particular favourit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-748834.html The train pulled into to Ulaanbaatar station exactly on time at 1332hrs. As I left the train I said goodbye to the commandant who was clearly delighted to have shot of me and off I went. I was greeted at the end of the platform by the local guide Nassa a short plump Mongolian woman who just about spoke English. The Aussie sisters were also coming along to the Ger camp and off we we went to a waiti http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-748833.html Welcome to MongolialtspangtThe smell of cooking pork was slightly stronger than the stench of cigarette smoke when I woke at 9am. The rhythmic motion of the train was relaxing and I slept well all night. Chaos in the corridor this morning with an overnight influx of Mongolian tradesman I can only assume going to market. Within half an hour they were off the train and peace had returned. The co http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Gobi-Desert/blog-748831.html 1 factory Kappa Handbags LOGO is more complex two backtoback men and women. General false female chest is not quite outstanding. Also see female than male hip be larger and the shape is different female than male of height to some lower and the scale the whole is one kind of color embroidery up or print down texture clear tidy fine. Fabric false quality of a material is bad also not f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Omnogovi/Dalanzadgad/blog-748161.html On the road again.Dromen organiseren en doen reizen ik ben er gek op. Wat wordt onze volgende bestemming Hoe komen we daar en waar slapen we Wat is jullie goedkoopste wodka Dat meen je toch niet Dat zijn de vragen die we onszelf het meest stellen tussen de bestemmingen door. De gekozen vervoersmiddelen zijn al talrijk te voet met de tandem trein bus taxi liftend in een busje of aut http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-739768.html We had 2 full days in UB to recover from the jeep trip and get ready for the next country. We put the laundry in got the blog almost up to date posted the Mongolia guidebook home and found a really nice cafe that did really good food. It seemed to be where the office workers went after work. It meant our evenings were sorted and that we got a couple of nice dinners.We visited the National Museum http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-738895.html Day 13SnowIt was a very cold night Emma got Marie up at 230am to relight the stove. When we got back up at 630ish we were shocked to open the door and find wetish light snow falling more surprisingly although the ground was wet it was sticking. We stepped out and looked across to the big hill we climbed the day before it was white. Our decision to take the ger and not tent it was well and tr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/blog-738760.html Day 9 We used the internet and went to a couple of supermarkets before leaving Arvaikheer. Never knowing what kind of places we will be going to we stocked up while we had decent shops. We didn39t leave until midday and stopped an hour down the road for lunch. After that we stopped briefly in a small town to stretch our legs it was scorching so we were happy to get going again. Somewhere aroun http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/blog-738744.html Day 57 Sunday 12th August 2012 to Day 62 Friday 17th August 2012The Wild Wild West of Asia Welcome to MongoliaWild horses rivers mountains and deserts. Day 57 to Day 62 takes us through Mongolia and the halfway point of our adventure.We left Irkutsk on the 10pm train to Ulaanbaatar Mongolia. The taxi ride from the hotel was an adventure alone. The trick must be to go as fast as you can http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-738586.html Day 4We packed up and refilled the water container from the well in the settlement that was ringed by a tyre with a bucket made from a recycled tyre on the end of a rope with a ladle made of wood. As luck would have it a local man went to the well at the same time as us and showed us what the deal was. Water supplies in the desert are often communal locals rock up with thier 20L containers on all http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Gobi-Desert/blog-738002.html Blog July 1 3 Train ride Dalian to Beijing to UlanbaataarOn July 1st we woke up to a sunny and blue sky day. I decided to make breakfast pancakes and hash browns and juice to finish all food in Kyle39s fridge after eating we got to work. I sew Kyle39s backpack while he cleaned up packed and downloaded movies music shows for the trip. It was a fun and busy day. I rode my bike to Ann http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-737199.html Day 1Fully loaded we were glad the weather was good and it wasn39t a far walk to the guesthouse where we were meeting our jeep and driver. We39d called in the day before and asked if we could extend the trip to 15 days as 14 would give us 4 days back in UB before our flight which is just too long there isnt enough to see there and its not an exciting place to just hang out. It was no proble http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Gobi-Desert/blog-736020.html Flight 9 Yangon to Bangkok was a bit rough. We were slightly delayed as the plane was late arriving then they got us all on we were just waiting for cargo to be loaded and said sorry because they have been on the ground for 25 minutes they have to complete some immigration thing. All up we were about an hour late and then took off and went straight into a monsoon storm. It was dark but from the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-736018.html