Photos - Mongolia
He second stage of our train journey from St. Petersburg to Shanghai took us trough Mongolia. We started in the capital Ulan Bator from where we drove deep into the steppe lands to stay some days in a traditional Ger. Then it was time to take the train to China straight trough the Gobi desert.
Choosing the Trans Mongolian route to Ulan Bator over the Trans Siberian route to Vladivostok was a difficult decision. The Vladivostok option is the real deal and that is what Comtourist is all about, but the Mongolia route was to tempting so we decided to the real Trans Sib an other time. We caught the first glimpse of the Mongolian steppes when we woke up in the early morning and opened the curtain of our train compartment. Herds of Horses and Yaks grazed the plains and nomads came out of their Gerīs (Mongolian Yurt). We first stayed two days in Ulan Bator that looked very much like a Soviet city. A bus took us far into the steppe land and dropped us of at the Elstei Ger Camp, were we would sleep in a Ger for two nights. From the camp we made a trekking and visited a nomad family in their Ger, there were also activities like wrestling and horde riding. The nights in Mongolia are freezing cold, but we had a great time on the steppes. From Ulan Bator we would made the next stage of our train journey to China through the Gobi Desert.
Ulan Bator - Ulan Bator train station
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Ulan Bator
27-Aug-2002
Kids selling water on the Ulan Bator Railway Station platform
Ulan Bator - Ulan Bator train station
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Ulan Bator
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Train arriving on busy Ulan Bator Railway Station in the evening
Ulan Bator - Ulan Bator train station
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Ulan Bator
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Diesel locomotive pulling in Ulan Bator Railway Station
Ulan Bator - Ulan Bator woman
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Ulan Bator
27-Aug-2002
Woman offering phone services in the streets of Ulan Bator
Ulan Bator - Sukhbaatar statue
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Ulan Bator
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Statue of Sukhbaatar on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulan Bator
Ulan Bator - Sanjaasurengii Zorig statue
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Ulan Bator
27-Aug-2002
Statue of politician Sanjaasurengii Zorig murdered in 1998
Ulan Bator - Lenin statue
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Ulan Bator
27-Aug-2002
Lenin statue in front of Hotel Ulan Bator in the Mongolian capital
Ulan Bator - Sukhbaatar mausoleum
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Ulan Bator
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The Mongolian government palace before it was renovated
Ulan Bator - Sukhbaatar mausoleum
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Ulan Bator
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Sukhbaatar mausoleum in front of the Mongolian Government Palace
Estei Ger camp - Estei Ger camp
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Estei Ger camp
28-Aug-2002
Elstei Ger Camp seen in the distance from a hill on the steppes
Estei Ger camp - Estei Ger camp
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Estei Ger camp
28-Aug-2002
Mongolian lady has prepared the Ger for tourists at Estei Ger camp
Estei Ger camp - Estei Ger camp
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Estei Ger camp
28-Aug-2002
Our Ger where we stayed two nights in the Mongolian steppes
Estei Ger camp - Estei Ger camp
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Estei Ger camp
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Our Ger where we stayed two nights in the Mongolian steppes
Estei Ger camp - Estei Ger camp
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Estei Ger camp
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Poles and chimney inside the Mongolian Ger of the Estei Ger camp
Estei Ger camp - Estei Ger camp
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Estei Ger camp
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Our beds in the Mongolian Ger were it became really cold at night
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