Category Archives: Summer holidays 2011

Back of beyond – Khan Khentti Mountains

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Angela B

The second part of our trip to Mongolia was a visit to a wilderness area beyond the Gorkhi-Terelj national park about 100km north of Ulaanbaatar. Accompanied once again by our guide, Nara, and travelling in a mini-bus, we left the … Continue reading →

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Here be dinosaurs – Bayanzag

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Angela B

Today we drove 170km north-east to an area of the Gobi desert that is famous for the dinosaur fossils found there from the 1920s. The drive took around 5 hours and led us across plains, through valleys, over mountains. The … Continue reading →

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Khongoryn Els – where the sand sings

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Angela B

Still in the Gurvansaikhan National Park in the northern part of the Gobi desert, we drove 3.5 hours west to  the Khongoryn Els (sand dunes). Known also as the Singing Dunes because of the sound the sand makes when the … Continue reading →

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Desert Days

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Angela B

Early this morning we flew with our guide, Nara, to Dalanzadgad, the main city in the south Gobi Desert region of Mongolia. At the airport we were picked up by our driver, Gumbolt. Our vehicle for the next 5 days … Continue reading →

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Train from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Angela B

The first leg of the Trans Siberian train journey from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar departs Beijing just before 8am, so we had a pretty early start as we had to travel in to the centre of the city from Darren & Justine’s house … Continue reading →

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Back in Beijing

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Angela B

Last time we were in Beijing China was getting ready to host the Olympic Games. Now, five years later and three years after the Olympics, the city has grown dramatically. The subway has arrived in the suburbs, a new ring … Continue reading →

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