Photos of Biking Across Mongolia

Having made it to Kharkhorin and had a look round the Erd Zuu monastery, I was looking forward to beginning the off-road adventures through Mongolia. Alas, progress has been made and the tarmac extended for a couple more days’ ride… I lingered longer than anticipated in Tsetserleg...
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The Road to Ulaanbaatar – A Little Less Cycling – in maps

It’s time for a round-up of the last few weeks… you may have noticed, there hasn’t been an awful lot of cycling. I had great plans, but sometimes they don’t quite work out the way you expected. The plan. Get to Ulaanbaatar quickly to extend my Mongolian visa and get visa...
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Bikepacking to Terelj National Park

I’m here in Ulaanbaatar for the Naadam Festival and until next week when I can get my Kazakhstan visa. The one guy at the embassy who issues them is on holiday… So I packed my raft, bivy bag, toothbrush and some food and headed out of Ulaanbaatar on my bike. Destination Terelj NP,...
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Gandan Style – Photos of Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulaanbaatar

I’m now in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s thriving capital, where half the country’s population lives. Finding it too easy to linger here, I have not yet been packrafting, so instead I’ve been seeing some of the sights. And those include Gandantegchinlen Khiid. It was one of the...
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