As our time right here in Mongolia pertains to a close, we’re both shocked as well as not sure of where precisely the whole month went?! It feels like just yesterday we shown up in Ulan Bator after a 30 hour journey on the Trans-Mongolian Train.
We made it! showing up in Ulan Bator after a 30 hour train journey from Beijing
Now as we pack up our backpacks as well as make a plan for our next chapter of travel with Russia, we’ve both been reflecting on our time right here with fond memories.
Wagon with food drying in the sun
During our 30 days of traveling in Mongolia, we discovered so much about the country, the culture as well as the customs. We were lucky to experience the greatest celebration of all, the Naadam celebration as well as to hear standard throat singing as well as see tribal dancing.
Seeing the Naadam celebration is a highlight to any type of trip to Mongolia
We helped develop a ger from the ground up as well as were invited into gers of households who have never seen foreigners before, while being showered with gifts, food as well as hospitality.
Some of the lots of friendly regional people we satisfied on our travels right here in Mongolia
We navigated our method with huge markets as well as pondered the past in national museums.
Dinosaur found in the Gobi Desert
We rode horses with canyons as well as climbed up huge sand dunes in the diverse Gobi Desert. Our 6 day Mongolian desert excursion was a great deal of fun as well as an experience we’ll never forget.
The sensational sand dunes of the Gobi Desert
We utilized a compass as well as a map to independently navigate our method with an epic 8 day trip along the Chulut River. We fished, camped, hiked as well as walked with all kind of terrain…while enduring torrential downpours of rain.
Hiking, trekking, fishing as well as camping along the Chulut River
We saw monasteries as well as mountains, camels as well as horses, luminous lakes as well as rushing rivers.
Beautiful Tsagaan Nuur (White Lake) in Mongolia
We encountered a lot more goats, cows, yaks as well as sheep than we might potentially count as well as witnessed a wild owl being saved from hungry eagles as well as hawks.
Beautiful (but petrified) owl – he was attacked by eagles as well as hawks in the day time
We ate secret meats as well as dairies of all shapes, sizes as well as flavours, which made the seriously odd street-food in China seem delicious! We sampled some seriously potent regional liquors as well as sniffed some sketchy snuff.
Dairy products, equine meat, snuff bottle as well as freshly killed sheep
We stayed in ger camps, guesthouses, haunted hotels, hostels as well as camped under the stars.
Our warm as well as comfy ger for the night!
We rode by bus, van, camel, horse, vehicle as well as train.
Riding camels to the sand dunes in the Gobi Desert
We satisfied some terrific people as well as had nothing however positive experiences in this undiscovered, wild country.
The people of Mongolia were nothing however hospitable, friendly as well as welcoming
The time spent right here in Mongolia has been extremely unforgettable as well as even though we’re unfortunate to state goodbye, we understand we’ll be back to this mystifying country someday soon.
We can’t wait to come back to Mongolia!!
Now it’s time for us to embark on our next leg of our travels, we’re hopping on the Trans-Siberian Train as well as taking the 30+ hour journey to the popular as well as gorgeous Lake Baikal!
For a lot more info on travelling to Mongolia, inspect out our guide to Backpacking Mongolia.
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