Mongolia
5 stories visited in 2024
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Two days across Mongolia, and a night in a stranger's ger
Five hundred kilometres from Ulaanbaatar to Erdene Zuu and back: the monastery, the Gobi, a picnic on the plains and a night with a nomadic family who had never met us.
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Gorkhi-Terelj, Mongolia
Turtle Rock and the swaying bridge to Aryabal temple A day trip east of Ulaanbaatar into Gorkhi-Terelj National Park: Turtle Rock looming over the ger camps, a swaying footbridge and rows of prayer wheels.
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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Genghis Khan lit in gold on Sukhbaatar Square at night Landing in Mongolia in May 2024: a selfie at Chinggis Khaan airport, then Sukhbaatar Square at night with the Genghis Khan statue lit in gold.
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Kharkhorin, Mongolia
Gilded Buddhas and prayer flags inside Erdene Zuu monastery Kharkhorin, once Karakorum, capital of the Mongol Empire: temples and a gilded Buddha at Erdene Zuu monastery, plus a picnic on the Orkhon steppe.
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Mongolian Steppe
Sleeping under painted roof poles after the evening goat round-up A night with a herder family on the Mongolian steppe: baby goats at golden hour, the evening round-up, and a ger with painted roof poles to sleep in.