Yearly Archives: 2010

A glimpse of nomadic life: The ger

25 May 2010: Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, Mongolia (48.5583, 88.3998) After the family left their winter camp, we drove ahead to where they would be setting up summer camp and waiting for them to arrive.  It actually took us … finish reading A glimpse of nomadic life: The ger

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A glimpse of nomadic life: Packing

25 May 2010: Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, Mongolia (48.6670, 88.7242) After driving on what seemed to be one of the worst, never-ending roads ever (averaging about 50km every 90 minutes), we finally arrived at our camp.  This turned out … finish reading A glimpse of nomadic life: Packing

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Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

The National Park was our first stop on the tour prepared by Blue Wolf Travel.  We ultimately spent two months in country but touring Western Mongolia with Canat was the highlight for us and I do not think anyone could … finish reading Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

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Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia

Glad to have escaped immigration, we arrived in Western Mongolia to discover that the dominate culture here is Kazakh and probably what Kazakhstan used to be like before it became rich and modern on gas money.  It is a shame … finish reading Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia

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Ust-Kamenogorsk

This was our last town in Kazakhstan and it was interesting to see how different it was here compared to the rest of the country.  Spending two days (almost three, thanks to immigration) sitting in the airport, we noticed that … finish reading Ust-Kamenogorsk

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