Wednesday, June 11, 2014 We set off from Ölgii around 9:30 and headed towards the Mongolian/Russian border. Most of the road was sealed but we did have our last stretch of unsealed Mongolian road as well. In a strange way…
Sunday, June 8, 2014 On arrival we rushed around and picked a hotel. The one we liked was full. Ended up making a poor choice of room in a good hotel, which was fixed the next day with a room…
Sunday, June 8, 2014 We had a leisurely 6 hour drive to Ölgii. The roads started out dusty and bumpy but ended with near prefect sealed road (there was one very large pothole to be avoided). The scenery was wonderful and…
Thursday, June 5, 2014 Our hotel had the usual challenge, ie.:lacking hot water. But we setup our camping shower and used the kettle to boil the water. It was good to get cleaned up and wash away the dust and…
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 We woke up to find a dusting of snow on Sterlin as well as on the northern slopes of the surrounding hills. In our cozy hotel room we were completely oblivious to the weather outside, so…
Monday, June 2, 2014 The ‘improved’ road away from Uliastai headed up and over a pass and was in poor condition. But the views were wonderful and we took the driving slowly. Altai was 200kms away and we thought the…
Saturday, May 31, 2014 We sure must have slept well as we woke up to find it was past 8am! Not bad! Specially with the sun coming up around 5:15am. We enjoyed breakfast on this windless, warm morning, after which…
Friday, May 30, 2014 After breakfast in our room we drove about 20km west of Moron to go and see the Deer Stones there (link to follow). We learned about these while visiting the National Museum in Ulaanbaatar and were…
Thursday, May 29, 2014 After last night’s commotion we woke up to find it was 8:20am! Quiet campsites do promote a good night’s sleep! After breakfast and breaking up camp we started towards Mörön again. On the way we made…
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 The plan was to head north to Khövsgöl Nuur which is the second largest lake in Mongolia. And as the lake was only 100kms away on a good sealed road, we decided to treat ourselves and…
Monday, May 27, 2014 It blew all night and we really felt and heard it in our roof top tent. But regardless, we both got a reasonable night sleep and certainly did not feel the cold with our double duvet…
Monday, May 26, 2014 This marked one year of adventure travel for us, and what an adventure the day was. More on that later in the post. We had a great night’s sleep in our Ger. When we woke up,…
Sunday, May 25, 2014 Today was a day of leisure. We got up latish and had a wonderful breakfast prepared by the Fairfield Guesthouse. Caroline had a lattee, surprise surprise. Over breakfast we broke out the map and had yet…
Saturday, May 24, 2014 We had a very pleasant drive from Ogii Nuur to Karkhorin (Хархорин). It started off on firm dirt tracks and after about 25kms abruptly transitioned to a sealed road (at N47.64613 E102.85266). It is a little…
Friday, May 23, 2014 We ended up spending 6 days in Ulaanbaatar, which was just about the right length of time for us. But it was time to leave and continue our journey. In fact our journey which has been…