Lunch stop

Day 290 - "Where we're going we don't need roads"

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April 18th 2007
Mongolia is a sparsely populated country to say the least, with 3 million people in a country the size of western Europe. And a third of them live in the capital city, which doesn’t leave many others to fill the remainder. So to get a proper idea of Mongolia you really have to venture outside Ulan Bator into nomad-occupied lands. Virtually all the organised tours go to one or other of 2 nationa ... 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