Mongolia
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Month 12 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 365 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Turkey Postcards sent: 10 Beautiful Mount Ushba, Svaneti, Georgia Thoughts Wow. It’s been a year since we left the US – our home, our cat, friends and family. Without hesitation – best.decision.ever. We would do it again in
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Ulaanbaatar – Transsiberian stop #7
Founded: 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist center, 1778 in permanent location. Pop: 1,000,000 Ahh Mongolia. Well, what can we say. It was a fascinating experience – we have never seen a country with so many jarring contrasts all coexisting, intertwining so peacefully. We learned a lot, in a short time period, and overall really glad
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Mongolia for me, Mongolia for you.
Welcome to Mongolia, the land of vast empty, hilly landscapes with barely any people… It was the first time we discovered that what might work for majority travelers, and by work I mean most loved it, will not work for us. Picture time outside of the temple walls in ancient capital of Karakorum, Mongolia. Let
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Month 2 Roundup
Getting close with the camels in the steppes of Mongolia Stats Days on the road: 61 Distance traveled: 3622.13 miles by plane – 0 miles / 0 km by train – 2363.7 miles / 3804 km by bus – 302 miles / 486 km by boat – 502.23 miles / 808.26 km by car – 454.2 miles / 730.9 km Number of beds: 13
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19 September 2013 – En Route from Ulaan-Baatar to Beijing
Met some cool people, swapped wheels at the border, traveled on Chineese train.
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18 September 2013 – UlaanBaatar, Mongolia
Quick and dirty video from-the-hip of the famous State Department Store in UlaanBaatar, Mongolia. Apologies about the poor quality.
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17 September 2013 – Ulaanbaator, Mongolia
We climbed one steep hill to enjoy (and bring you!) the panorama of UB.
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16 September 2013 – UlaanBaator, Mongolia
Back to the city, back to wifi, warm showers and comfortable beds, back to civilization, back to UlaanBaator.
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15 September 2013 – Kharkhorum, Mongolia
Mongolia, Day 2 – trying to find things to do in steppe and failing.
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14 September 2013 – Kharkhorum, Mongolia
Greetings from the steppe and a tour of a Mongolian ger!