Char brings you to Mongolia

[Char_Azn]

Next up on my travelogue is Mongolia. This came right after the trip to North Korea. I came across a tour to Mongolia in China so I joined the tour. Flew to Ulanbaator, the Mongolian capital, from Beijing. 4 day 3 night trip. Unfortunately due to flight delays we had to skip the city tour at Ulanbaator. The whole country makes me feel like I'm in Australia

This tour is very different from most other countries I've been to.
1)the Mongolians are mostly nomads so they do not have many spectacular ancient structures/sites to visit. The temples are pretty pathetic.
2)the country is vast with a very small population so interaction with locals is mostly kept to the guide and driver.
3)the places of interest are spread pretty far apart, the entire tour was half day car ride, visit to the site in the afternoon
4)the tour focus more on understanding the nomad way of life and visiting/interacting with them. In fact you can choose to stay with the families if you want to instead of in a Ger camp
5)the temperature variation is ridiculous. Midday temperature was around the low 20s, at night it drops to sub-zero temperatures
6)My favorite part is probably the fact that once outside the city, your nearest neighbor is probably 2-3km away at the very least!!!!
7)Phone signal is pretty intermittent outside the city, needless to say don't expect broadband internet at the Ger camps.

And for all the Chikopeis in here unlike my North Korean one, this one no chio bu. I hardly met any bu to begin with

Ulanbaator City

Day 2: Elsen Tasarkhai Sand Dunes

Mongolian Shaman Idol

They called this an Awar. Some form of long distance communication method

Even the towns and villages reminds me of Aussie towns

Once out of the city, grass plains as far as U can see and your next door neighbor is at least 1-2km away

A tourist Ger camp

This is what the inside of the tent looks like

The Restaurant

This is what Mongolians eat. I asked if it's normal for them to eat at home like this and they told me yes.

A Buddhist Temple

The temple seems closer to the Tibetan style than ours

I have no clue who this guy is

Camel Ride into the Sand Dunes. 2 hump camels are unique to this part of the world

The Elsen Tasarkhai Sand Dunes

Inside the home of my Camel Guide

Day 3: Visiting a family with Horses to see horse milking

They first feed the fowl and pull him away shortly after than immediately start milking

Another home in the middle of freaking nowhere.

Visiting the Khustai National Park. These are wild horses. Apparently the only wild horses left in the world

A Marmot(middle of pic)

Day 4: Chinggis Khan Statue

Biggest Shoe in the world

The Terelj National Park

Yaks

Turtle Rock at the Terelj National Park

A Buddhist temple at the Terelj National Park

 

[The_Hypocrite]

Any pics of the hot mongolian chicks? Or they are not chio at all?

 

[Char_Azn]

Any pics of the hot mongolian chicks? Or they are not chio at all?

They look very eurasian. No hot chick already mention in the post. The tour took place mainly outside the city. Most times you don't even see a single soul let alone a hot chick

 

[winnipegjets]

Looking forward to more of your trip reports.

 

[babuSingh]

Very nice, living life should be exaclty be like this.

 

[Sinkie]

I'm a descendant of Genghis Khan.....that's why I've great affinity with Russian girls.

 

[laksa]

Thanks for the online tour. Don't forget to snap some pics of local chicks when you are back in the city. Curious how the chicks look like or how hot are they.. don't tell me no mongolian chicks in the city

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

I tot the statue of the genghis khan was in uzekistan?

 

[Char_Azn]

Thanks for the online tour. Don't forget to snap some pics of local chicks when you are back in the city. Curious how the chicks look like or how hot are they.. don't tell me no mongolian chicks in the city

Damn, no one read my post. Already stated no Zha Bor pics. I missed the first day tour in the city because the freaking flight was delayed. By the time I reach Ulanbaator it was late at night. Next day they immediately drove me out the city. Last day immediately drove me to the airport never really stop at the city.

Looking forward to more of your trip reports.

Have to wait till next year than. I visited Dandong, Beijing, Xian and Dalian this trip but I don't think U guys will be interested. I mainly post only those places I think U guys have not gone before. I am almost out of leave this year coz I made another trip to Japan in Feb, so no more long trips. As for next year, I am thinking of either Scandinavia + Russia, South Africa or Turkey + Greece + Iran. Still early planning stage.

Or maybe I'll post some old photos of other trips I took in the last 2-3 years. Anyone interested in the Middle East or Europe?

 

[Char_Azn]

I tot the statue of the genghis khan was in uzekistan?

I don't know about that one, the one I went to is in Mongolia. They built it only a few years ago, there's a museum inside.

 

[Devil Within]

How they shit? Do they just dig a hole like what we did in the army?

 

[Char_Azn]

They don't even bother digging. Just do it somewhere no one can see U. Not like there's anyone around. They have so many livestock shitting all over the place, U won't notice the extra pile from the humans

 

[Devil Within]

They don't even bother digging. Just do it somewhere no one can see U. Not like there's anywhere around. They have so many livestock shitting all over the place, U won't notice the extra pile from the humans

Thanks for the reply. That's interesting.

 

[The_Hypocrite]

Hi char

Looking at the pic of the food. It does not look Mongolian. Do they really eat the same stuff often? I mean rice. Croquettes. Potatos? Or their diet has changed due to chinese influence?

 

[Char_Azn]

Hi char

Looking at the pic of the food. It does not look Mongolian. Do they really eat the same stuff often? I mean rice. Croquettes. Potatos? Or their diet has changed due to chinese influence?

I got the same reaction as well. When I asked them they told me yes. I repeated my question whether this was common every day meal in Mongolia they look at me in disbelief and replied yes so I think it should be close enough to what they usually eat. Obviously we had other things like Roasted lamb, fermented horse milk and dried curd made of fermented horse milk(I REALLY didn't like this one) and meat dumplings. BTW that's fried chicken not croquettes. I think the cooking is probably influence by both Russians and Chinese.

 

[The_Hypocrite]

Thanks for the info. The roast lamb must b good. N did u try the goats or sheep milk wine? Heard alot of it on tvb shows..

I got the same reaction as well. When I asked them they told me yes. I repeated my question whether this was common every day meal in Mongolia they look at me in disbelief and replied yes so I think it should be close enough to what they usually eat. Obviously we had other things like Roasted lamb, fermented horse milk and dried curd made of fermented horse milk(I REALLY didn't like this one) and meat dumplings. BTW that's fried chicken not croquettes. I think the cooking is probably influence by both Russians and Chinese.

 

[Annunaki]

Having cooped up here like a frog in a well for so long I never knew the sky can be so freaking blue. Amazing.

 

[Char_Azn]

Having cooped up here like a frog in a well for so long I never knew the sky can be so freaking blue. Amazing.

U think this is blue. U should go to the middle east. Totally no cloud really can see it's blue. In the middle of the desert at night U will really know the meaning of what a sky full of stars is really like

Thanks for the info. The roast lamb must b good. N did u try the goats or sheep milk wine? Heard alot of it on tvb shows..

Nope only fermented horse milk. Not really my cup of tea. The guy even let his 2 yr old son drink it

 

[The Penetrator]

Mongolian chioBu pics where ?

 

[Pioneer]

Damn, no one read my post. Already stated no Zha Bor pics. I missed the first day tour in the city because the freaking flight was delayed. By the time I reach Ulanbaator it was late at night. Next day they immediately drove me out the city. Last day immediately drove me to the airport never really stop at the city.

Mongolian chioBu pics where ?

He just said no one read his post :(