Mountain Biking across Outer Mongolia
What attracts me to this place? Many of the reasons are lost in a rose-tinted world of romantic notion – vast mountain-flanked steppe, nomadic yurt-dwelling horsemen, the descendants of an ancient empire living now as they have for thousands of years.
Nomad Dusk / Flickr photo by chrisdebruyn
There aren’t many places left that have resisted modernity for as long as Mongolia has.
I’ve dreamt of biking across Mongolia for many years. Back in 2006, when I was preparing to start a new life on the road, I made vague plans to include the country in my route. I never expected it would be this long before I went there. But such dreams aren’t easily forgotten. Right now, I’m journeying across Siberia by train, heading for a distant city called Ulaan Bataar.
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Mountain Biking across Outer Mongolia
What attracts me to this place? Many of the reasons are lost in a rose-tinted world of romantic notion – vast mountain-flanked steppe, nomadic yurt-dwelling horsemen, the descendants of an ancient empire living now as they have for thousands of years.
Nomad Dusk / Flickr photo by chrisdebruyn
There aren’t many places left that have resisted modernity for as long as Mongolia has.
I’ve dreamt of biking across Mongolia for many years. Back in 2006, when I was preparing to start a new life on the road, I made vague plans to include the country in my route. I never expected it would be this long before I went there. But such dreams aren’t easily forgotten. Right now, I’m journeying across Siberia by train, heading for a distant city called Ulaan Bataar.
Continue reading this article @ Ride Earth – Tom’s World Bicycle Travel Blog
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