Mongolian ger 
Mongolian ger

Tsenher Tenger
May 13, 2006

They’ve started building gers at our new camp. Ger is pronounced “gear”, though the expats variably ...

Mongolian phrases  
Mongolian phrases

Wild Packs of Family Dogs
May 8, 2006

The big news here in camp is I finally got my coffee maker, yes!!! It arrived with a couple ...

Mongolian dog 
Mongolian dog
May 1, 2006

Last Sunday I was out with one of the geologists marking some new holes for the drill. The really nice thing about drilling ...

Mongolian lessons 
Mongolian Lessons
April 22, 2006

My Mongolian lessons seem to have taken a turn into learning how to flirt. Things like, I am beautiful, you are handsome,...

Mongolian Currency 
Mongolian Currency
To Ulaanbaatar!
May 18, 2006

The drive to Choibalsan was gorgeous. It had snowed (tsas, snow) the night before and there was a ...

Strength, Power and Beauty that suprises you!  Not rated yet
The very strongest of men testing each other out in a wrestling match. Men and women shooting bow and arrows. Children, brave children, literally risking ...

Gobi Desert in 12 days.  Not rated yet
The Gobi. The Desert.

Open a Pandora's box of contrasts.

Total journey distance 2,200km. Total days tires popped = 5.

Imagine baron fields....

Gourmet gers  Not rated yet
On most days we were driving and walking/horseriding/camel riding during the day and we'd arrive at a ger in the early evening. At every ger we were greeted ...

Hoover Dam in Mongolia  Not rated yet
Mukhart is part of the huge Mongol Els (sand dune). It's unique coned shaped looks particularly like the Hoover Dam in Nevada (USA), I was told. A river ...

Mongolia - One of my family's favourite place  Not rated yet
Mongolia is one of my family's favorite destination. Perhaps we have been living in urban city far too long. Mongolia gives us the space, the vast space ...

Mares milk and Mongols  Not rated yet
“Next up was the fermented mare's milk - which the locals drink in the same way we drink beer.”

After a couple of days on the train, looking out of ...

Kazakhs in Mongolia  Not rated yet
I:m afraid that these stories will overshadow the good in Mongolia, which is ample. At the same time, in many ways they did cast a shadow on the second ...

Drunkards in Mongolia  Not rated yet
The areas we were in bordered Kazakhstan--great homeland of Borat. The population is eighty percent Kazakh and people speak Kazakh...so this was my opportunity ...

Travels in Mongolia  Not rated yet
Oh Mongolia. Where to start? We came because Mongolia's in a period of transition--the end of Soviet rule (remembered somewhat nostalgically) and the ...

Gobi Desert Mongolia  Not rated yet
The next morning we took an early flight south to the Gobi Desert in an AH24 - a Russian-built military plane converted to civilian use (My brother will ...

Central Mongolia attractions   Not rated yet
We then set off to Bayangobi about 175 miles to the south west. As we drove through the high plateau grasslands, very green, there were occasional gers,...

From China to Mongolia  Not rated yet
Hi there - we have finally found an internet cafe that as affordable rates. By the way - in case you are worrying about us becoming illiterate - we don'...

Magnificent Mongolia  Not rated yet
The difference between Russia and Mongolia was clear instantly - the people in Mongolia just don't stop smiling. They're lovely. Our guide was called Gerlee ...

Elstei Ger Camp, 23rd-25th July 2007  Not rated yet
The Elstei camp was in the middle of nowhere but had been set up specifically for tourists, so again not quite the full traditional experience we expected....

Mongolian traditional ger   Not rated yet
Three nights in Mongolian traditional ger

Leaving the suburbs of Ulaan Baatar behind you start to appreciate why you come to Mongolia. The surrounding ...

Mongolian Festival  Not rated yet
The sun it shines on me...
June 25, 2006

Naadam (Íààäàì) is a Mongolian festival, formerly religious but now just a general national holiday, held ...

Work in Mongolia  Not rated yet
Work in Mongolia: Regime change begins at home
June 17, 2006

The local change in project management took place yesterday, June 16, 2006, at approximately ...

Mongolian language   Not rated yet
Mongolian language
May 3, 2006

My Mongolian lessons are slowing as my teachers are left and leaving on break. I think they all get back the day I ...

Trans-Mongolian railway  Not rated yet
Trans-Mongolian railway
August 27, 2005

We rolled up to a stop for thirty minutes and a ten year old boy ran up to our carriage and showed us an empty ...

Mongolia Impressions  Not rated yet
Mongolia impressions of a 4 months visit. I always wanted to go to Mongolia. The reasons? I didn’t know anyone who had been there, the desolate endless ...