The route that we are following is called the “Southern Route”. I’ve heard all kinds of stories about it, from boring with a good road to dusty, truck infested hellhole. After our Gobi to Bayankhongor trailblazing, i thought to myself: “finally, some nice pavement, a good audiobook and coffee sipping time while driving”. Nope, nope […]
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Mongolia – Bayankhongor – Real Mongolia Experience
The excitement of asphalt didn’t last too long. Soon on a dry, smooth and, most importantly, quite pavement we discovered that our front suspension is making an awful amount of noise. When you are offroading everything in the car is rattling, shifting and showing its general disapproval of the bumpy ride. Now add to that […]
Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar
For some reason, I felt nervous. Even though this is our 20th country…and that probably means at least 19 border crossings, so there is nothing to be afraid, right? Maybe its genetic imprinting, from the time i was a little boy I’ve thought of borders as a horrendous experience and have been pleasantly surprised by […]