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 The Trans-Mongolian Express by Saagar
Trains no 3 and 5 - days: Wed, Thu
Dep. Beijing:........................ 07:40
Arr. Datong
Arr: Erlian border:
Arr: Dzamyn-Ude border:
Arr. Ulaan Baatar:.................14:45 next day
Train no 23 - days: Mon, Tue until 27 Sept 04
Dep. Beijing:...........................07:40
Arr. Datong
Arr: Erlian border:
Arr: Dzamyn-Ude border:
Arr. Ulaan Baatar:...................12.37
Train No 24 starting from Ulaan Baatar - days: Thu (and Fri in June-Aug)
Dep. Ulaan Baatar:...................... 07:50
Arr. Dzamyn-Ude border:........... 19:27
Arr. Erlian border:......................... 22:00
Arr. Datong: ...................................08:27
Arr. Beijing: ....................................14:31
Trains No 4 and 6 the China Express and the Mongolia Express - days: Sun, Mon (and Tue in June-Aug).
Dep. Ulaan Baatar:...................... 07:50
Arr. Dzamyn-Ude border:........... 19:27
Arr. Erlian border:......................... 22:00
Arr. Datong: ...................................08:27
Arr. Beijing: ....................................14:31 Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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 Russian minibus in resting
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 Steppe highway by Saagar
The guide books are not exaggerating about road conditions. But the guide books may not be able to catch up: roads are being paved, re-paved and constructed, sometimes in that order. But off the key circuit, roads are "off-road roads", tracks that more or less follow the contours of the terrain, circumvent dips and crags, marshy areas etc, causing very slow speed on the steppe - frustrating. You just have to take enough breaks in order to cope! So things will be even slower. Just do not keep a too tight a shedule and bring emergency overnight gear (sleeping bag, blankets, tarp) gear and you'll be fine. The photo shows the main road from Tsetserleg to Kharakhorin, and is not atypical. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 by Saagar
By the help of a travel agent or through networking, get hold of a sturdy "Russian Jeep" and a driver who can also do wire/chewing-gum mechanical work en route. You will secure a successful trip around Mongolia. There are per kilometer rates, or on longer trips and off the main roads and after some negotiation, day rates. Food for the driver and fuel should be included in the fare. If you plan for 100 USD per day you should be ok. Once you share this between 3-4 passengers, you are doing real well. Avoid the Russian-made minibuses that are likely to break down any time. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor HomeOther Contact: Contact Bolod in UB!
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 End of the road! by Saagar
So, get your information from several sources if you are traveling independently, and seek out people who have been to the area recently.
Based on the information that the road we took was partly paved, we came here (see photo)! Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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With a lot of luggage, and if on the early morning flight to Beijing out of Ulan Bataar, you'll not hesitate but opt for the taxi solution to get to the Buyant-Ukhaa airport.
The fare is about equivalent to 5 USD, expensive compared to taking the bus, but fine given the distance.
We asked the hotel receptionist to book a taxi for us the evening before and at promptly 5:00 am the taxi showed up. So the local pre-booking system apparently works well.
The airport itself is new and hassle-free once past the airport tax counter where there is a bit of congestion. Airport tax is 12500 T. The airport shops include mostly top Mongolian brands clothing (various cashmere, pashmina and camelhair clothing), a bit of local music and some international brands traditional tax-free goods. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 road from Khujirt to Karakorum by sachara
The route was very scenic in a green flat or shelving landscape with amazing skies.
We saw a lot of marmots, hawks, falcons and some cranes. Sometimes we saw a small group of gers with horses, cows, goats, sheep or yaks around.
I enjoyed this ride in this wonderful environment, so for me it could last for hours. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 horsemen saying hello by sachara
Horses are the pride of Mongolia. There are not many nomads in the country, who haven't learn to ride a horse as soon they can walk.
The horse is still one of the most important means of transportation in the countryside, like it allready is for thousands years. The last decades some countrymen also have acquired a motorbike, but most still use horses.
Horses, galopping across the steppe, is that not one of the images you got, when thinking of Mongolia ?? Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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 ''airport'' Khujirt by sachara
We had a domestic flight with MIAT, the major internal airline, from Ulaanbaatar to Khujirt. The flight was 45 minutes in a small plane for 50 persons. The plane was very old, it smelled terribly, the tyres had no profile, the seatbelts couldn't be closed, my seat couldn't stay in the upright position, the wall just beside my seat became very hot.
I tried to relax and enjoy the beautifull landscape.
Then the door at the rear opened up a bit with a lot of noise. Somebody ran from the cockpit to that door, trying to fix it.
I felt relieved, when we could land, allthough we saw no airstrip. There was just grassland and a bus, waiting for us.
It looked like the pilots and the busdrivers fly and ride in the steppe, as if they are still horsemen. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 by iwys
Make sure you have a long book to read, I took Wilkie Collins' "Woman in White" (900+ pages), as the Gobi desert is fairly repetitive scenery and the forests of Siberia seem to go on forever. One nice thing is that the train gives you enough time to get off and look around each station along the way, including the Great Wall. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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