Blogs from Mongolia, Asia - page 3

17-18 juillet Le ciel colérique éclate sur Oulan-Bator. Il est 6AM. Il n'est pas rare qu'une terrifiante averse soudaine ébranle d'un coup le Pays, lui qui subit des écarts de température impossible. Il a neigé dans le désert de Gobi en juin l'an dernier que m'a confirmé Moogi, l'attentive propriétaire du guesthouse où je loge depuis mon arrivée. Un 20 minutes d'intense pluie a suffit pour nettoyer la ville. Puis sans se faire attendre davantage, l'alarmant soleil nucléaire reprit rapidement sa place en dévoilant une prévisible journée à 30 degré. Après le déjeuner, Geneviève (une comptable du Missouri... c'est pas moi qui l'invente) et moi-même prenons place à l'arrière d'une Hyundai grise métallique que conduira Rainbow, une forte mère de famille qui pourrait mettre hors d'usage n'importe quel portier de la province. Matriarcale, la société mongol ... read more

Well were up bright and early Saturday morning to leave the Orkhon Valley, loads of heavy rain yesterday afternoon and overnight, wondering how we will go getting out of here through three streams/rivers.........first two were fine but third was a no go.....so Chuka went winding all over the place and took a different route to get us out of there. Over bumpy tracks, rocky outcrops about 20klms into the trip we hit another snag.....a very swollen river.....it did have a bridge over it downstream a bit.....but no go for bridge as it is not stable enough...so after doing the yak water measurments (watched a mob of yak cross first) we powered on through the river....boy are we thankful for big powerful 4WDs....and the experience and knowledge of our drivers. John was following the route on his ... read more

Denn quasi über Nacht, mit der Ankuft des Zuges in Ulanbataar waren auch plötzlich überall die mongolischen Jurten zu sehen. Ob mitten in der Stadt oder auf dem Land. Mittlerweile sind sehr viele Mongolen auch seßhaft geworden (oder wurden von der Regierung dazu gebracht), so daß viele Jurten jetzt eingezäunt sind und es immer weniger Nomaden gibt. Während die gesamte Mongolei fast 4x so groß wie Deutschland ist, gibt es nur 3 Millionen Einwohner, von denen fast 40% in der Hauptstadt leben. Diese ist eine seltsame Mischung aus Jurten, unbefestigten Straßen und Holzhäusern, sozialistisch anmutenden Plattenbauten, die schon arg in die Jahre gekommen sind und nagelneuen, modernen Wolkenkratzern aus Glas und Stahl, die in jeder westlichen Metropole stehen könnten. Alles scheint bunt zusammengewürfelt, aber wirklich schön empfand ich es nicht. Dafür war die „Managerin“ in meinem ... read more

What I loved about Traveling to Mongolia? Food, Culture, Religion, Buddhism, etc. all sum up Mongolia's Adventure. I'm going back there in October 26th,2018! I think this would be an interesting trip just because you can see that many people are Buddhist and the history of the country is very interesting to learn. They have a Giagantic Statue of Genghis Khan,etc. In fact I was in Mongolia this year! I loved Mogolia! The weather was snowy because it was during Fall Season. October-End of April they get snow a lot. Luckily, I got Hostel for only $10 dollars a night when I was in Mongolia. I got to see the towns and saw the Monasteries. You know what I saw was interesting? I saw Monks and Buddhas that I saw in Tibet,etc. Such a fun time. ... read more

Typically as the curtain closes on a trip, there is a brief stroll down memory lane to capture those significant moments. Dad, Kyle and I always take time to discuss what was the best part of the trip for each of us, our favorite meal, our biggest surprises, anything we would do differently, what we missed most from home and so on. Since I did not have my traveling partners for this exercise, I thought it might be best to just sum up what I learned during my time in Mongolia. This is a glimpse of what I learned in Mongolia: 1. A camel is a camel is a camel. I did not know what to expect with Bactrian camels since all of my exposure has been with Dromedaries. These camels were a tad shorter and ... read more