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  Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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  • Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
      Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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  • Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
      Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Visiting nomadic families

by Willettsworld

During my 12-day tour around Mongolia, we stopped off to visit a few nomadic families at their gers on a whim by just turning up on their doorstep. Mongolian's are extremely welcoming people and dropped what they were doing and came and greeted us and gave us milk tea and dried mare's milk curd known as aaruul. I suppose any visit of any kind doesn't happen all the time given how remote some of them are but I always felt that we were interrupting and taking advantage of their hospitality by turning up unannounced. Maybe it's just me being British but we hardly do this back home!

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Volunteering in Mongolia

by kfitzmorgan

There are many opportunities to volunteer your time and skills to the betterment of the people of Mongolia. There are, unfortunately, almost unlimited social problems here, including health, domestic violence, orphans, small business development.The good news is that there are many NGOs working in Mongolia. So if you want to help, there is no shortage of possibilities. You need to think about several things before diving in:• What skills do I have to offer?• What demographic am I especially interested in?• How much time can I commit?What skills do I have to offer. Most people have more skills than they think they have. Just living and working in the developed world exposes us to many facets of business that are just lacking here in Mongolia. You might have a primary job or skill such as accounting, but you also have personal interests and experiences that also can be a source of skills....

THE WILD TSAGAAN NUR /SAUVAGE TSAGAAN NUR

by grazy56

THE WILD AREA OF TSAGAAN NUR SUN About 50 km west of Kovsgol lake is a large depression called Darkhadyn Khotgor, often referred to as Tsagannuur (white lake). This nice aimag has about 300 lakes, over 200 of them in this area alone and you can discover them hiking, by jeep or riding. From Darkhadyn Khotgor you can also reach only by riding Tsaatan tribe who lives in the taiga with reindeer.BAYNA & ORCHER (horse guide and horse rental) will be pleased to discover with you this area and the small NAMUUN GUEST HOUSE will be happy to lodge you and to offer you family atmosphere and good food.PRICE: 10euro/day/horse for horseback riding From 5USD/personn to NAMUUN GUEST HOUSE in Tsagaan Nur Sun CONTACT in Tsagaan Nur Sun to NAMUNN GUEST HOUSEE-mail: mejet69@yahoo.com (english, russian) LA REGION SAUVAGE DE TSAGAAN NUR SUNDarkhadyn Khotgor, immense depression, situee environ 50 Km a l'ouest...

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IL NADAAM (11-12 LUGLIO)

by grazy56

IL NAADAM la grande festa del 11-12 luglio dove tutti i Mongoli arrivano a U.B. per assistere ai 3 giochi virili da loro preferiti: la lotta, il tiro all'arco e la corsa di cavalli. Durante l'estate nella steppa si più assistere a piccoli Naadam , ma le date non sono fisse e ogni anno non avvengono nelle stesse cittadine .Non si deve perdere il Naadam di U.B. La cerimonia d'apertura inizia alle 10 nello stadio e si comprano i biglietti fuori dello stadio oppure Mejet l'autista potrà comprali in anticipo per voi. La cerimonia d'apertura vi poterà in un altro mondo, un'altra dimensione: parata di cavalli con ufficiali vestiti da abiti antichi, musica di tamburi. La lotta inizia subito dopo: il spettacolo è maestoso anche se molto lento e si è assai distante dei lottatori. Nel piccolo stadio a 100 metri del grande si svolgono le competizioni del tiro all'arco dove sono ammesse anche donne....

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LA FETE DU NAADAM (11-12/07)

by grazy56

LE NADAAM c'est une fete qui vous emmene dans un autre monde: il faut ABSOLUEMENT y assister. A lieu tous les ans du 11-12 juillet. Le 1. jour, a 10.h. au son des tambours, le defile des militaires en uniforme des siecles passes juches sur de splendides chevaux marque le debut des festivites dans le grand stade ou autour la foire bat son plein. La lutte commence apres la parade militaire: spectacle majestueux que ce combat parfois de titans, quoique lent et on est loin des lutteurs. Le tir a l'arc se deroule dans le petit stade a 100 m. du grand et la on cotoye les archers. Les courses de chevaux sont reservees aux enfants de 3 a 12 ans qui se lancent seuls dans la steppe pour des courses effrenees de 25 a 30 km sous le regard admiratif mais jamais anxieux des peres et le vainqueur sera sacre lion d'or. Les courses se deroulent a Yarma a 10 km du centre vers l'aeroport. Il y a plusieurs...

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NAADAM ON U.B (11/12-O7)

by grazy56

NADAAM: national holiday feast where Mongolian come from each part of Mongolia each year from July 11 to 12. They came to see their 3 manly and preferred games: wresting, archery and horse racing. During summer in the countryside you can see small Naadam, but date and places change often.Don't miss the big Naadam in U.B.: the opening ceremony starts at 10 am in the stadium, you can buy tickets outside or Mejet, the driver, can buy them for you, go earlier as seats without number. The opening ceremony will enrapture you and show you a new dimension, another world. The festival begins with a ceremonious ride by medieval warriors bearing the Nine Banners of Chinggis Khan acconpagnied with drum music. The wrestling performance starts at the end of the opening ceremony:it is a majestic show even thought it is very slow and in the stadium you are far away from the wrestlers (take binoculars)....

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Tovkhon Khiid

by hayward68

Tovkhon Khiid monastery is quite remote atop a mountain at an altitude of 2312m, reached by traversing a heavily forested, rough road. Our van couldn't quite make it to the top so we walked partway, I think we only had a mile or two to walk after the van gave up. This monastery is where Zanabazar lived for 30 years, though this was on and off. It's thought that he created much of his artwork here. It originally built around 1650 but was largely destroyed by the Communist forces in the 1930s. Restoration work has been done and there are temples to visit. You emerge from the trees to a sort of plateau and see a few gers. To your left is a quite impressive ovoo made up of branches, from what I could see. It was completely covered in blue prayer flags. To reach the temples you climb a narrow path further up the mountain. This area offers stunning views and is quite a peaceful place. A...

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Manly three Game *Naadam*

by Tulka

Eriin Gurvan naadam as Mongolian says, which is usually occurring 11-13th of july. This is the biggest traditional festival for Mongolians, Main three competitions held during the naadam.. horse racing, wrestling, and archery..ths i is great state holiday shows of Mongolia traditional culture and performance like folk song, dances makes the opening of the ceremony.Red cheered Real countryside small kids riding their horse and singing a GIIN GOO encouraging song, Horse races are held in about six categories with horses age, two, three, four and six years old, distance are different depending on the age of the horse the most exciting ones are Two years old youngest one and stallion, although the horses are racing the riders are very important they are age from 5-7, but they seem like born on a horseback…singing a song with beautiful and unexplainable sound and (turn) the whip …Mongolian...

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Horse trekking

by Tulka

it's impossible to imagine Mongolia without horse! if you leave this country without doing horse riding at least few hours, It's just a same as You leave the river without watering your thirsty Horse !!!Those people seems were born on a horse, Mongolian horses are quite smaller than Europeans probably seems like Ponies but don’t tell them about it, Horses were the main transport means in Mongolian for thousand of years. In recent decades quite many herders have motorcycle, and Russian jeep. But most Mongolians still use horses for transportations, Migrations, and daily life. Mongolia is big country it’s not easy to see many different areas traveling by horse unless you have much time ,so the best way is to get places by jeep or plane and arrange the horses from the local for couple of days and longer ( The price of renting a horse and local guides are defferent depending on the area For...

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Live as a Nomad, Getting up before the sun rises

by Tulka

What does Nomad means!!!!!Staying in nomad family will help you to understand more about their life style, waking up before sun rises and start their endless work ,milking the cows and produce the milk products after one by one, *boil the milk and make a Urum clotted Cream ( during boil the milk stirred up so well and keep the fire for hours and finally boom of the milk turns into Cream)?C*to make a yogurt, Aaruul dried curd ( bitter tasting curd is a mixed with milk) from the beginning of the july Mongolian milk the mare and produce a Airag fermented Mare?fs milk which tastes very strong and kind of alcoholic eventhough small kids starts drinking that in their age of 4 This is also the one of the reason why Mongolians are such a strong from the nature,. During the summer people store enough food for the harsh winter, milk products, and lot of meat, Mongolians have very special way of...

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Top 3 Hotels in Mongolia

The Continental Hotel  Ulaanbaatar

 1 Review and 23 Opinions  during my stay in UB I was completely cought of guard by this hotel. now they have a new fitness... 

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Chinggis Khaan Hotel  Ulaanbaatar

 1 Review and 46 Opinions  Very good high end hotel. Modern, recently built. Very good service. We went there with very low... 

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Bayangol Hotel  Ulaanbaatar

 2 Reviews and 69 Opinions  I stayed here for a couple of nights - the first and last night’s of my Mongolian tour. This 4-star... 

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Q:  We have the opportunity of visiting Ulaanbaator for two days in December this year. Could anyone tell me how difficult it is to... 

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A: That depends, do you know what -20 to -30 C fells like? The locals are used to it. Just because it's cold, doesn't mean the whole city goes into hibernation. Things are... 

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