Mongolian countryside

Wednesday 2005-08-24

Today we startet our trip to the countryside with a Russian UAZ and a Mongolian driver:


Traffic jams only exist in Ulan-Bator...


...but some kilometers after the town, the country get's very empty...

Toll station:


UB "suburbs":


Waiting at another toll station:


Road to nowhere:








Watch this:
"I have a dream" - our driver was an ABBA-fan (Video at youtube.com)...

Lunch break at a Mongolian restaurant "Guanz":




Our driver:






Mongolian roads:


300 km east of Ulan-Bator we reached our destination for that day, the Ogii Lake. We slept at a "tourist yurt":


Inside the yurt - an oven, working with dried "cow-shit":


Dinner:


Sunset:








Thursday 2005-08-25

Mongolian children:






We then continued to Kharakorum, the former Mongolian capital, which is located 60 km south of the Ogii lake:


During the trip we had some problems with the car, but our driver could fix the problem...




At Kharakorum we visited Erdene Zuu, a big Buddhist monastery:












Market at Kharakorum:




Our driver bought some spare parts to repair the car...


A sand-storm in the evening:




Also here we slept in a tourist-yurt. That was also included in the organized round-trip, for which we payed 15 USD per person per day (including transportation, accomodation and one meal per day).


Friday 2005-08-26

We started our trip back to Ulan-Bator, which took about 7 hours for 300 km, in the early morning:


Horses on a sand dune:








Mongolian petrol station:


Mongolian public toilet:




"Liebherr - progress creates success"


Back in Ulan Bator:




We spent one more night in the UB Guesthouse:


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