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- Oct 9, 2017
- ☁️ 3 °C
- Altitude: 599 m
- Mongolia Selenge Aymag Orkhon River 50.341299, 106.04747150°20’29” N 106°2’51” E
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Train To Russia
October 9, 2017 in Mongolia ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
This morning we woke up at the Mongolian border with Russia.
Our train engine played crash boom ditch (similar to ding dong ditch, except with rail cars) during the night, and left us in the middle of the tracks. When we woke up we only had 30 minutes to use the border washroom, which we had to pay for. Because from 8am till 10 am we were without passports as we had to surrender them to the Mongolian officials. Just after 10 am we received them back.

Next we were taken to “no mans land” which is the area between Mongolian and Russian borders.

Without going into the glorious details, the Russians were very thorough with their carriage inspection, passport inspection, and dog sniffing inspection. There were about four different officers we had to deal with.

After everything was hunky dory with the Russians we were given our passports back and allowed to leave the train. We had a three hour window to wait until our engine came with another set of carriages to attach to us. We were in the village of Naushki and it was a tiny cute village. We saw babushkas selling their goods, to which I bought my first piroshki!!, a cow just walking down the Main Street, and ramshackle buildings. We walked to this little rustic cafe where we had hot borscht, and drinks. The food was very good, and cheap, just the way I like it!

As we made our way back to the train station we were allowed to explore the area a bit, not that there was much to see, except the cow that was wandering around Main Street was now wandering around the train station. He also picked up a friend too. None of the locals batted an eye, while tourists like me were like Wtf. It was pretty funny.

I boarded the train shortly after, but with time to spare so I could enjoy my warm piroshki. My goody attracted me some new friends, six to be exact. I had dogs follow me to this carriage door, it was quite funny, except for when I asked my cabin mates if I could bring one with us ... I was met with a resounding no, lol.

After this I’ll be honest, nothing exciting happened except good conversation, a beautiful sunset and instant mashed potatoes.Read more
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Traveler Transsibirische Eisenbahn
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- Sep 9, 2017, 4:07pm
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 1,034 m
- Mongolia Selenge Aymag Öndör Gegeenii Hiid 49.47987, 105.08144449°28’48” N 105°4’53” E
Day 65
Nordmongolei - Amarbayasgalant Khiid
September 9, 2017 in Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
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Die ganzen 30 Tage hatten wir so Glück mit dem Regen, und heute bei unserer letzten Nacht, wo wir campen sollten hat es uns verlassen und es regnete den ganzen Tag. So durften wir ein letztes Mal in einem Ger übernachten :-)

Aber erstmal mussten wir zum Kloster kommen. Mittags gabs neue Reifen unterwegs bei Agis kleinem Bruder, da unser Ersatzreifen ja platt war. Dort bekamen wir auch Mittagessen. Die kleine Nichte stellte sich als Neffe heraus und wir wunderten uns über die langen Haare. Hier werden den Kindern zwischen 3 und 5 Jahren das erste Mal die Haare geschnitten und das gibt dann eine grosse Feier in der Familie. Das erklärte Einiges 😉

Die Strasse zum Kloster war eine Matschschlitterpartie und Agi stellte seine Fahrkünste unter Beweis. Das Kloster selbst wurde während Stalin Zeiten zerstört und mit Unterstützung von Apple in den 90ern wieder aufgebaut. Heute leben hier 34 Mönche.Read more
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Ute biki Das Kloster war dann ja ein gelungener Abschluss für die Mongolei-Tour. Und für die weiteren Reisen wünschen wir Euch ausreichende Dusch- und Bademöglichkeiten ;-)
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Traveler Reis 2015-2016
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- Aug 27, 2015, 6:33pm
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 1,117 m
- Mongolia Selenge Aymag Amar Hiyd 49.408138, 105.02874849°24’29” N 105°1’43” E
Day 48
Amarbayasgalant Khiid
August 27, 2015 in Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We verlaten de familie van Erka weer om door de velden met bloemen en diverse bergen naar Amarbayasgalant Khiid te rijden. Het is een mond vol, maar vertaalt ongeveer naar: klooster van het goede leven. Uiteraard hebben de sovjets hier ook huis gehouden, maar net iets minder dan elders. Er is meer van bewaard gebleven. Achterin de grote tempel staan een indrukwekkende 1000 beeldjes van "long life" boeddha. Tegenwoordig zijn er weer ongeveer 50 monniken (in plaats van 2000 in 1936). We mogen bij het gebed zitten. Met de grote trommel, de grote toeters en de cimbalen klinkt dat gezang heel imposant!Read more
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- Aug 8, 2015, 9:40pm
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 592 m
- Mongolia Selenge Aymag Sühbaatar 50.21625, 106.222850°12’59” N 106°13’22” E
Day 29
Welkom in Mongolië!
August 8, 2015 in Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Na de stop van ruim 4 uur is alles geregeld aan de Russische kant. Via een met prikkeldraad afgezet niemandsland komen we aan bij de Mongoolse kant van de grens en dus doen we het paspoort- en douaneritueel nog een keer over. We staan weer anderhalf uur in de hitte stil. Alle overige treindelen gaan er vandoor en alleen ons treindeel blijft achter. Er komt een Mongoolse locomotief voor en Mongoolse treinstellen achter. Als alle treinstellen weer in de juiste volgorde zijn gezet kunnen we eindelijk weer rijden. De gekochte bessen blijken 70% pit te zijn. Gelukkig kan de lokale zwerver de bessen goed waarderen. Karma +1 want we worden beloond met een prachtig groen landschap met ger-tenten, paarden en een fantastische zonsondergang! :)Read more
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Ik ben weer helemaal op de hoogte van alles ...xxxx Succes maar weer Liefs van ons
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Traveler Auf der Seidenstrasse
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- Jul 1, 2018
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 690 m
- Mongolia Selenge Aymag Delgerhaan 50.08167, 106.2150°4’54” N 106°12’36” E
Day 61
Nun sind wir in der Mongolei
July 1, 2018 in Mongolia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Der Grenzübertritt hat dann doch länger gedauert als gedacht - aber dann war es doch endlich geschafft - und wir waren auch geschafft 😁
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Traveler Ein Lt auf reisen
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- Jul 12, 2019
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 979 m
- Mongolia Selenge Aymag Amar Hiyd 49.465375, 105.0815549°27’55” N 105°4’54” E
Day 99
Amarbayasgalanta
July 12, 2019 in Mongolia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Ist ein Tempel in den Bergen ca 200km von Ulanbataar entfernt. Wundervoll auf einem Hochplateau gelegen.
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Arias Jordens Occidentally Oriental
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- Nov 17, 2017, 5:00pm
- ☀️ -24 °C
- Altitude: 1,046 m
- Mongolia Selenge Aymag Öndör Gegeenii Hiid 49.47984, 105.0813149°28’47” N 105°4’53” E
Day 73
Our First Ger!!
November 17, 2017 in Mongolia ⋅ ☀️ -24 °C
Ahhhhhhh our first ger!!!!! So cool! The winter gers have been put up (which means 3 or 4 felt linings as opposed to the 1 in summer) and I walked in through a door which wouldn't have been out of place in Hobbiton. Inside were beds, a table and a cast iron wood burner chimney combo. Very basic but what else do you need?! I loved it, there was a rug on the floor and hanging all around inside, it gave a very homey feel and once the fire was going the -10/20s outside didn't affect us anymore. In fact I slept in my boxers for most of the night!Read more
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- Nov 17, 2017, 3:20pm
- ☀️ -24 °C
- Altitude: 1,033 m
- Mongolia Selenge Aymag Öndör Gegeenii Hiid 49.48003, 105.0852449°28’48” N 105°5’7” E
Day 73
Amarbayasgalant Monastery
November 17, 2017 in Mongolia ⋅ ☀️ -24 °C
We arrived to the monastery after an epic off road driving session through a blanket of snow across plains and mountains. We passed herds of horses, cows, sheep, goat and yaks and their herders on the way, lonely winter ger camps tucked into the lee of the mountains, frozen rivers and ovoos (shrines at high points, usually peaks of mountains). The landscape was stunning and on such a huge scale with maybe 20 people in the entire surroundings, it was mind blowing.

The monastery itself was Tibetan Buddhism of which we had seen in China and the architecture followed in the same styles yet the isolation and the surroundings of this monastery gave it an air of peacefulness that I haven't experienced anywhere else. We were the only people there, even the people that live there weren't there! Several monks had stayed who we heard praying in the morning and a boy and his mother and that was it. No one else. Knowing Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country in the world is different from seeing it, from feeling it (though it definitely helped we were in winter!). This monastery was amazing, the surroundings were amazinge and it was all for us to explore at leisure by ourselves. This was also to be a recurring theme in the trip to come and I feel very fortunate to be able to travel this magical and majestic country. We walked up to the Stupa and Bhudda statute behind the temple to get some views over the valley. Wow. What a first day! Time to go home to our ger :DRead more
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