Back From Western Mongolia
I just returned to Ulaan Baatar last night from my trip out west. Most of the trip was relatively easy, although we had a couple long days in the van at the end.
I have a few days in Ulaan Baatar before I leave for Beijing on Thursday. I'm going to break the return trip up into several posts between now and then. This first post covers the trip from Olgii up to the day we arrived in Khatgal on the shore of Khovsgal lake in the far northern part of the country. I don't have too much to say about any individual day's drive so I'm just dumping these together with even less comment than usual. Note that the Khovd mentioned in the captions is a different Khovd from the one I visited on the way out - for some reason Mongolia tends to have many towns of the same name.
October 13'th: Olgii to Khovd
October 14'th: Khovd to Naranbulag
October 15'th: Naranbulag to Songino
October 16'th: Songino to Tsagaan Uul
October 17'th: Tsagaan Uul to Khatgal
The most unusual thing about this part of our trip was some of the accommodation. At the end of every day we arrived in some town and drove around until our driver found a place for us to stay. We stayed one night in a restaurant (actually in the eating area) and another night on the floor in someones living room. The other two nights were slightly more normal, with stays in some unused gers that families were willing to rent out to us for the night.
I have a few days in Ulaan Baatar before I leave for Beijing on Thursday. I'm going to break the return trip up into several posts between now and then. This first post covers the trip from Olgii up to the day we arrived in Khatgal on the shore of Khovsgal lake in the far northern part of the country. I don't have too much to say about any individual day's drive so I'm just dumping these together with even less comment than usual. Note that the Khovd mentioned in the captions is a different Khovd from the one I visited on the way out - for some reason Mongolia tends to have many towns of the same name.
October 13'th: Olgii to Khovd
October 14'th: Khovd to Naranbulag
October 15'th: Naranbulag to Songino
October 16'th: Songino to Tsagaan Uul
October 17'th: Tsagaan Uul to Khatgal
The most unusual thing about this part of our trip was some of the accommodation. At the end of every day we arrived in some town and drove around until our driver found a place for us to stay. We stayed one night in a restaurant (actually in the eating area) and another night on the floor in someones living room. The other two nights were slightly more normal, with stays in some unused gers that families were willing to rent out to us for the night.
4 Comments:
Sounds like what you feared in terms of weather preventing access came to be.
I am impressed on how much more active you are in posting this go-around than last trips. Keep it up!
You're getting better and better at composing your pics....the latest are terrific. The light must be wonderful!
Mom
Hi Brain...I observed in few of your mangolian pictures that people have tied some blue colour cloth to the tree, wood or some stone...what does it indicates in Mangloia...
for example in October 14th pictures...1st photo shows that blue cloth hanging from a tree...
The cloth pieces are Buddhist prayer flags that people leave as offerings. I've heard the blue color represents Mongolia (which is sometimes called "Land of the blue sky").
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