Mongolia

Mongolia

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November 16th 2008
Today we are travelling across Mongolia. The border crossing between Russia and Mongolia was quite hard it was at night and took many hours so it was quite tiring, you get lots of forms to fill in some of which have no English on…I had to get help from the Chinese girls who knew alittle Mongolian and then let the other English people know. The scenery of Mongolia seems very different from that ... 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