http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/s_002.jpg

Tsagaan Us Gol, the "Black Water River" near Khuiten Uul, Bayan Ulgii aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/s_008.jpg

dawn at Potanin glacier, Tavan Bogd area, Bayan Ulgii aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/s_005.jpg

further down the valley
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/s_010.jpg

high valley near the Chinese border, Bayan Ulgii aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/s_009.jpg

Buudai Uul, Arkhangay aimag in Central Mongolia
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/arkhan%20gay/28033273.jpg

some more views[
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/arkhan%20gay/28033312.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/arkhan%20gay/28033266.jpg

Mongolia is beautifull country,I like so much the country and I liking this photos
keep posting,pls:)

Beautiful Mongolia !!!

Mosque in Bayan Ulgii aimag. 90% of this province population are Muslim
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/3869024115_ce1149acf1_b.jpg
(flickr)

Thats my kind of muslims, who live by their religions peacefully, as its meant to.

Thats my kind of muslims, who live by their religions peacefully, as its meant to.

that#s damn right. No violence between people of different religion (Buddhist, Shaminaism, Muslim, Christians) are repoirted throughout the country, same applies to the different ehtnicities living in Mongolia: Mongols, Kazakhs, Tuvins, Burjats and lots of other little minorities.

Time to introduce another aimag: today it's time for Tov aimag. Tov - meaning "central" or "middle" is sort of "Mongolia light" or "Mongolia for beginners". It's not Kraftwerk but Scooter, not a mysterious underground bar but an ordinary Mc Donalds outlet. With 74.000 square kilometres it has about the size of Bavaria or slightly smaller than the Czech Republic.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/Map_mn_tuv_aimag.png
The national capital Ulan Bator is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality.The Aimag includes the western part of the Khentii Mountains,
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/12185291.jpg
the mountains around the capital,
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/3173743234_b937ed2168_b.jpg
as well as rolling steppe in the south and west
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/3909477470_e924b4745d_o.png

Despite encircling the 1-million-inhabitants capital, the province is as empty as every other province with only 90.000 people living within the province borders, which equals about 8% of Ulaanbaatars population!
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/3908688775_d18acee5e6_o.png

The most interesting body of water is the Tuul River, which crosses Ulan Bator and later joins the Orkhon watering Lake Baikal.

The Töv aimag is populated primarily by Khalkh Mongols. Given its location, infrastructure is among the best in Mongolia, with paved roads, railway lines, tourist facilities, some industry and of course mining

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/3906139513_b8e670de0f_o.jpg

Why "Mongolian mainstream"? Because it is easily accessible for touristss in a rush, quite tamed because of its well developed facilities and it is not one of the most spectacular Mongolian aimags although it boasts some attractive sights as the ruins of Manchur monastery
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/8803621.jpg

The monastery is located only 30km away from Ulaanbaatar on the other other side of the city's Bogd Khan mountain. It can easily be visited within a half day trip. Aimag capital Zuunmod (nothing worth to write home about) is located just north of the monastery.
Like most Mongolian monastery it became victim of the Stalinies purges in 1937/38

50km east of Ulaanbaatar, the Gorkhi-Terelj Park covers a part of the Khentii Mountains. It is most well known for its spectacular rock formations, including a rock that looks like a giant turtle from the right perspective. The landscape has an alpine character, with larch and pine forests, sparkling mountain rivers, and very diverse flora and fauna.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/3129315428_53c7f19787_b.jpg

The area features a golf course, a former old Soviet sanatory restored to a flashy 5 star hotel, a lot of ger camps as well as some bizarre concrete dinosaurs.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/3128489911_27a8afdc28_b.jpg

"Montana of Mongolia?" a visitor might ask himself. Well, some parts of the NP actuaaly remind of the US-America's Marlboro country scenery.
And this might be the reason why former East German filmmakers used Terelj as a setting for former Wild West movies.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, Hang 'Em High done by East Germans in Mongolia??? Yes, that was reality Once upon a Time in The Far East.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/m36_00000024-1.jpg

Some more Terelj scenery
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/3926511616_a2505ab6a7_b.jpg

Tov aimag random pic
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/12337856.jpg

Khentii mountains
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/3650038925_f44dc02747_b.jpg

source: mostly panoramio/some Terelj pics from flickr
EDIT: ...and wikipedia

nice pics! thanks for sharing. I wonder how long it gonna take for Mongolia capital Ulan Bator to look like cities of it Asian neighbor like China Korea Japan? anyway Mongolia is a Amazing country and i have a lot of respect for the Mongolian people.

I doubt UB will ever look like Chinese and Japanese cities, since its culture is very different from its southern nieghbours. The capital might be the most "European" in Asia and this is not only due to its Soviet architecture.

Changes. Skyline in 2005:
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/temp/2005.jpg

2009:
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/temp/2009.jpg
(wikipedia)

Back in 1999 the city looked much more empty and "soviet" than on the 1st picture, e.g. there were no coloured buildings at all on the other side of the river in the center of the photograph.

Some more pictures showing modern architecture

in this recently completed building there is a 6 storey shopping center.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/temp/400GrandPlaza.jpg

central Sukhbaatar square with Blue Sky Tower (110 meter) and Shangri La office building with an Louis Vitton outlet in the basement
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/temp/560bluesky.jpg

since the economy is on track again, construction has picked up again
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/temp/600Trme.jpg

(geu.de)

Mongolian Architecture Gallery (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexeik/galleries/72157622631971985/)

Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity - 2001-2009 - Ulaanbaataar - Info (in Russian) and Some Photos (Low-Res) (http://www.pravoslavie.mn/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/3866529046_782199b114_o.jpg

Picture Page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robysaltori/3866529046/) | Roberto Saltori (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robysaltori/) | Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/)

Rinchinlhumbe you´re mongol?:)

Rinchinlhumbe you´re mongol?:)

No...should I?:)

just discoverede a very nice slideshow gallery by chance
http://www.kohl-expedition.com/mongolei/index.htm#

How beautiful Mongolian plains and mountains are! It sure holds it's charm.

WOW. I spent half my morning looking through this whole thread; not only have I properly seen Mongolia for the first time, but you have really given me an education on the country, it's culture and it's history. Thank you! This place looks amazing, surreal, beautiful and out-of-this-world; I'd love to visit one day!:D

it's extremely beautiful country. I really wanna go there. I had no idea about mongolia before but it's too cold country

Sweet photos. Great job.

Rinchinlhumbe, you are doing really great job! Keep on posting.
May i ask for a translation of what is written on the boards in this picture:

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/17366235.jpg


True.

some translation:
be carefull from failing board
dont throw anything into water!

"Montana of Mongolia?" a visitor might ask himself. Well, some parts of the NP actuaaly remind of the US-America's Marlboro country scenery.
And this might be the reason why former East German filmmakers used Terelj as a setting for former Wild West movies.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, Hang 'Em High done by East Germans in Mongolia??? Yes, that was reality Once upon a Time in The Far East.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/b%20o/tov/m36_00000024-1.jpg



This is really beautiful.....

wooooooow, I am really impressed by your feedback. I havent been looking at this thread for ages and thought it would have gone to the Nirvana but still some people comment. Thx for that

Unfortunately my photobucket account is full, and everything else seems to be blocked, but I will figure this out and put up some photos when I find some time

Khangay mountains, Arkhangay aimag

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5192023748_2fe89d60e1_b.jpg

Otgon Tenger mountain on the horizon (4021m), Zavkhan aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5191429485_053a083977_b.jpg

Zavkhan aimag: desert meets pine forest.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5191429707_59f81f6385_b.jpg

Rinchinlhumbe
why do not you write a travel book about Mongolia?
i guess it would be great

i have already read two of books about Mongolia. check out these books

When Things Get Dark: A Mongolian Winter's Tale by Matthew Davis
http://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Get-Dark-Mongolian/dp/0312607733/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299710698&sr=8-1

Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia by Louisa Waugh
http://www.amazon.com/Hearing-Birds-Fly-Nomadic-Mongolia/dp/034911580X/ref=pd_sim_b_5

Rinchinlhumbe
why do not you write a travel book about Mongolia?
i guess it would be great

i have already read two of books about Mongolia. check out these books

When Things Get Dark: A Mongolian Winter's Tale by Matthew Davis
http://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Get-Dark-Mongolian/dp/0312607733/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299710698&sr=8-1

Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia by Louisa Waugh
http://www.amazon.com/Hearing-Birds-Fly-Nomadic-Mongolia/dp/034911580X/ref=pd_sim_b_5

I will do it some day...
Thanks for your recommendations, never heard about these books, sounds interesting

Saturday evening, just before the news journal
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3893172401_f50986f0d3_b.jpg

Naiman Nuur lakes area. A virtually inacessible but phenomously beautiful area hidden behind 2500m mountain passes. You have to hire a horse to get there

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/860594184_7af442336d_b.jpg

Kharkiraa Uul, 4192m in Uvs aimag, West Mongolia.
This is the place where glaciers meet forest meet steppe meet desert.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/40.jpg

Grazing horses in Arkhangay aimag, in the background Khangay mountains
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/305.jpg

Road from Ulaanbaatar northwards to Darkhan near the Russian border (Tov aimag)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/578138d6d.jpg

The more you leave Ulaanbaatar the more the roads look like this (Zavkhan aimag)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/41179903.jpg

Hunting in Khovsgol aimag

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/231539787_1f6d0e0a92_b.jpg

Khovsgol Nuur which was photoshopped for tourist reasons
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4681069196_43a7a153ac_b.jpg

next page

Ukok plateau, which marks the border with Russia. Tavan Bogd mountain range (4374 m) in the background. The landscape reminds of the high arctic, the altitude on the plain is about 2000/2500 meters

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/958750306.jpg

Shiveet Bogd Uul (Sukhbaatar aimag). 1778m rising from endless vast, empty and treeless plains in the sotheastern corner of the country.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/1198822407_e2a8f6c35f_o.jpg

All picture shown today were taken from flickr.

Khovsgol aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/899216976.jpg

Aerials from Ulaanbaatar

Looking south toi Bogd Khan range
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4075136261_0f26e492f7_o.jpg

Some new construction in the background
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4075141117_566878d8f5_o.jpg
The Max center with the tower center is already finished (this pic was taken in 2009 probably), same applies to the blueish flashy shopping mall to the far left

Looking north to Gandan monastery, Mongolias main monastery and the only one remaining active in the communist period. Reason was to demonstrate the religious tolerance to the few vistirs who came to Mongolia during this era
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4075900278_0dd2aabf19_o.jpg

Looking to the southeast towards the city centre which is still some kilometers away.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4075906972_4dbfe4f7f8_o.jpg

These pictures tell that UB is not a nice city and some remote areas are still untouched by the economical boom.
But the construction and the traffic jams tell you that something is going on in the country. When major mining projects are on the way, per capita income is expected to grow to Taiwan or South Korea levels. Hope that the fovernment can utilize these benefits.

Looking from cnetral Sukhbaatar square northwest to Bayangol district
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4545298871_f08efaa710_o.jpg

Completed in 2010, one of the newest midrises
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5124907918_29db570b52_b.jpg

Skiinig at Sky Resort just outside Ulaanbaatar

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4445004454_4dd2068d9c_b.jpg

looking norht, near Gandan monastery, Bayangol district
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4697631956_c7d60abdd7_b.jpg

looking north from Zaisan mermorial to CBD/inner city
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4925531191_ae47d23a82_b.jpg

looking north from Sukhbaatar square
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4986380514_8a900fbdcd_o.jpg

Tuul river, just outisde Ulaanbaatar
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4791716328_326e0c52f8_b.jpg

Khentii mountains, north of Ulaabnbaatar
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4837156389_deb94359df_b.jpg

a valley just north of Ulaanbaatar
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4567634202_265340a1d0_b.jpg

all pics were taken from flickr (if not mentioned otherwise)

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http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4897850830_72719355ac_b.jpg

Terkhin Tsaagan Nuur (Arkhangay aimag)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3888270657_ffe0b8b704_o.jpg

The freshwater lake is situated at 2060m and has become a tourist attraction
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3888270455_e6c9f51582_o.jpg

It is surrounded by over 3000m mountain ranges, some of the having volcanoes
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3888155541_1e57b24797_o.jpg

Herder in Arkhangay aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3886337265_8fbf115c1e_o.jpg

Thanks to zorig for his photos uploaded at flickr

Great Lakes depression, West Mongolia
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3873864704_71d18db0f6_b.jpg

Herder in the Gobi
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3873864298_3154f79531_b.jpg

Herder in the Khangay mountains. In the background you see the typical mountain forest steppe dominant in this region
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3868210377_7d6dda66af_o.jpg

An *ail* (collection of gers), the smallest administrative unit in Mongolia lost in the steppe
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3925128186_6307516334_o.jpg

One of the most amazing countries on Earth. Thanks for show us all this pictures.

Long distance road. Travelling overland is still an adventure, rough and remote.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3912408456_c0b0950835_b.jpg

Most of the provincial roads look like this
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3924325413_e3e302535a_o-1.jpg

One of the most amazing countries on Earth. Thanks for show us all this pictures.
thanks.
There are still a lot more to come.

e.g. namely this, a long and wide valley in Tov aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4043824188_ac63f00ca4_b.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4043066981_cd4180cb3d_b.jpg

noce more thx to zorig
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4108527385_39628eedc7_o.jpg

Sand dunes in the Great Lakes depression

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4036939192_51b6e86bc0_o.jpg

thanks.
There are still a lot more to come.

I love landscapes without trees and Mongolia is the perfect place i can imagine on my mind. The emptiness is amazing.

Middle class family nomads in Khentii aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3996678549_ea2dff568f_b.jpg

Autumn colours east of Ulaanbaatar (probably Khentii aimag)

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3989408902_c6f907f80f_o.jpg

Khangay mountains
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3988586359_33c2dc4aec_o.jpg

I love landscapes without trees and Mongolia is the perfect place i can imagine on my mind. The emptiness is amazing.

Thats right. But in this case I recommend you travelling to the south. The north is quite mountainous and forested. As you can tell by looking on the previous pages.

You might like this:
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3903259808_1087826aa5_o.jpg
Its not terribly far away from Ulaanbaatar.

Steppe and sand dunes in the Gobi. Notice something very unusual at the extreme right: a small village
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/3910051274_9c5c93d441_o-1.jpg

Ulaanbaatar, looking north from the inner city
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4986380514_8a900fbdcd_o.jpg

Nice

You are tired of watching these lame photos?

Okay, I will upload some more.:bash:

Enviromental problems: log cutting in Terelj National Park. (Tov Aimag)

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/4990368561_af4511e41c_o.jpg

Caravan in Central Mongolia
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5035774118_a4c9266e43_b.jpg

Tsengel Hayrhan Uul (3950 m), Bayan Ulgii aimag
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5086510820_94f5aa0ac3_b.jpg

dry desert steppe and the Lower Altai mountains in the background (Bayan Ulgii amiag)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5086510306_347d09745d_b.jpg

Typical rock formations in Terely National park (Tov aimag)

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5096890992_d77aa4c796_b.jpg

Mongolias religious heart: Erdene Zuu monastery in Harhorin (Uvurkhangay aimag), 400km west of Ulaanbaatar in central Mongolia.
Harhorin used to be the capital of Genghis Khans empire, later Mongolias biggest monastery was based here. The monastery shown is much smaller. It was reopened in 1990.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5114562924_37ba2287ff_b.jpg

Striking similar architecture in Ulaanbaatar
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5454830417_591389b7a7_b.jpg

Modern buildings popping up on central Sukhbaatar square.

The red building in the center is UBs opera, which was constructed in the 1940s the whiteish golden Culture Palace to the left was erected in 1989 as one of the few architectural masterpieces during the Soviet era. Finally, the highrise named Center Point Tower, to the right was completed in 2008 and houses some first class restaurants and fine shopping incl. Louis Vuitton.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5300725317_cddc00dc06_b.jpg

Selenge river in the epitomous aimag, northern Mongolia. Good for fishing and kayaking but still almost untouched by tourism

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5289608156_1185e03e9d_b.jpg

A brief look on UBs skyline. Photo was taken in summer 2010. Like for most other pictures, credits go to flickr.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5392745084_8e12948e40_b.jpg

Mongolia is so beautiful and wild. I love it.

Reindeer breeding nomads in Khuvsgul aimag, extreme Northern Mongolia, just next to the Russia border.
200 reindeer people (Dukha) still live as nomads in this totally remote and isolated area. So far, these people almost completely live on their animals, their diet mainly conists of reindeer dairy products and ocasionally some meat during winter.
Their dwellings are quite similar to the North American tipies.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5401808728_c9e0ff37c1_o.jpg

Storm clouds in Arkhangay aimag, Central Mongolia
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5348574430_f684e51284_a.jpg

Sundown near Ulaanbaatar
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5412061899_ee90f08c0b_b.jpg

A shamanistic ovoo in Dornogobi aimag (Southern Mongolia)

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5416658981_67997b39f8_b.jpg

Terkhin Tsaagan Nuur in Arkhangay aimag (Central Mongolia), a volcanic lake on 2060 meters altitude.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5415008855_2029ce23da_b.jpg

Kharkiraa Mountain (4100 meter) in Uvs aimag (Western Mongolia). The place were desert meets pine forest and eternal ice. This phenomen was introduced on the second page of this thread

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5415319881_a3d4528d0f_b.jpg

Barren Gobi grounds near Khamariin Khid monastery, Dornogobi aimag (Southrn Mongolia)

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5416659751_b7a462b272_b.jpg

Architecture in Ulaanbaatar
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5454854051_1a1fdbdbfa_b.jpg

More architecture in Ulaanbaatar
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/5455462818_877e85b7bd_b.jpg

Ulaanbaatar downtown
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One of the very few anicent buildings (possibly from the 1910s or 20s) which survived Soviet urban city planning.

Ulaanbaatar was founded in 1639 but merely consisted of some yurts then which moved around under the command of the Khan.

It was not until 1778 that the city finally settled in a permanent location. The first buildings erected were monastery for worshipping the newly introduced Lamaist religion.

Ulaanbaatar was a disorderly collection of yurts and some monastery untiul it grew into a trading post in the 19th century accomodating Russian and Chinese salesmen in two different districts. While the Russians lived in typical wooden dwellings, the Chinese preferred buildings made of claim. The building shown on the pciture is one of the few pictures of this Russian heritage.

The citys outlook did not change too much until the Soviets began to modernize the rather chaotic city in the 1940s.

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The Bayangol Hotel was the first *skyscraper* in Mongolia. Erected in 1972, it has 12 floors and is 40 meters high. The building to the left has been finished in 2010 and houses some travel agancies and other businesses.

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Newly erected Kitsch castle in ulaanbaatars Friendship Park, one of the few and by far Mongolias biggest park.
10 years ago it lay quite isloated on the citys edge in a quiet location, now it is surrounded by recently erected modern appartment buildings.

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Ulaanbaatar city youth, straight outta ghetto
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Petroglyphs in Bayan Ulgii aimag
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Some more photos taken in autumn around Central Mongolia
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Fall in Central Mongolia

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Khovd River (Bayan Ulgii aimag)

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Mosque in Bayan Ulgii aimag
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Mountain forest steppe in Central Mongolia

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Aspahalt is rare: newly paved road in Tov aimag, east of Ulaanbaatar

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On my list of the countries to be visited definitely goes Mongolia! I am so amazed by such harmony and energy it provides, that I feel now obligated, to my body and soul, to visit it some day. I am very glad to see that there exists such a country not ruined by the mars of modern time.

Thats right, thanks.

Khangay mountains (Arkhangay aimag)

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Typical wide river valley in the Khangay mountains

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Rolling steppe, typical landscape in Eastern and parts of Central Mongolia

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The southernmost reaches of the Siberian Taiga forest, just 50 km south of Ulaanbaatar. From here, the country flattens, and gets drier and drier until reaching the Chinese border almost 1000km further south. In the other direction forested mountains dominate.

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Khovsgol aimag, Northern Mongolia

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Some photos showing some horsetrekking around Naiman Nuur (Eight lakes). These lakes are situated in the Khangay Mountains (Uvurkhangay aimag) on about 2500 meters and are almost inaccessible by car.

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In winter, temeperature at Khuvsgul lake hover around minus 30 C. The ice on the lake freezes 2 meter thick, allowing vehicles to use the lakes icy surface as a road

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Aerial view from Ulaanbaatars CBD tpo newly erected midrises and the National Theatre to loads of Soviet appartment blocks from the 1950s

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because I just read it in the Iran/Persia thread.
I normally take my photos from flickr. Very simple approach: type in Mongolia and look at most recently uploaded pics.
Shall I also credit the one who uploaded this in the future?

Aerial view of Central Mongolia in Winter.

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Altay mountains in Mongolias far west

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Kazakh cemetery in Bayan Ulgii aimag
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creidts go to flickr...

Another aerial view: sprawling Ulaanbaatar which welcomed its millionth citizen in 2008

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Khurgan lake in Mongolias westernmost Bayan Ulgii province which is mainly inhabited by muslim Kazakhs.
The tents roofs are slightly steeper and higher than those of the Khalkh Mongolian majority. Except mutton like the other Mongols love, Kazakhs also add some yummy yummy horsemeat to their daily diet.

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for all photos taken, credits go to www.flickr.com
I cannot start the video shown in the sticky. In case the way to quote flickr is wrong pls. provide me this information by pm. Sorry for the hassle, thx.

@Mods: no answer = no compliance

A nomadic society does not erect permanent structures. This is the reason why few traces of the past can be found thoughout the country although the Mongols have exported history three times (Huns, Turks, Genghis Khan) and shaped the global environment,
One feature which can nevertheless be discovered especially in the countrys west are Turkic memorial structures from the medieval Kitan period (7th to 11th century).

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From http://mongolianaltai.uoregon.edu/arch_turkic_mem.phpTurkic memorial structures include squared enclosures that are often accompanied by image stones, false image stones, or balbal. There is every indication that these structures were commemorative in function. Within the Mongolian Altai, they are not typically associated with recognizable burials

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Other relics of the pre-Genghis past except standing stones are stone circles, burial mounds, altars or petroglyphs.

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These structures have endured one millenia in the remotest locations

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These photos are from http://mongolianaltai.uoregon.edu

Street scene from Ulaanbaatar in the 1960s

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40 years later: new building recently constructed in Ulaanbaatar

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(flickr)

Dornogov hotel in the desert outpost of Sainshand. Now a tiny community of some 15000 souls its population is expected to increase to 200,000 when all planned minings projects are on the way.
Sainshand is to become the central hub for transporting the minerals from the Gobi mines across the border to China.
In recent years the town has gained a certain popularity because of its newly inaugurated Khamariid monastery.

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(flickr)

ugly meadows in the Khangay mountains of Central Mongolia (Arkhangay aimag)

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Arkhangay aimag

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Coniferous taiga forest in Northern Mongolia (Khuvsgul aimag)

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(all from flickr)

The Darkhad despression in Mongolias northernmost Khuvsgul aimag. This mystic landscape is surrounded by mountains from all sides and is considered to be remote even by Mongolian standards. Getting there from Khuvsgul lake can only be done by horse and takes two days. The region is acessible via rough roads from the provincial capital Moron in a two days drive. The depression is at 1600 meters altitude and has about 300 lakes. In winter, temperatures hover around -30 to -40 C.

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(flickr as well)

These structures have endured one millenia in the remotest locations

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These photos are from http://mongolianaltai.uoregon.edu

Great landscapes!

Some photos taken from me last summer. If I am not too lazy, I put them in a separate thread later.

Baga Gazryn Chullu rock formations

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Tov Aimag, 100km south of Ulaanbaatar

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Tsaagan Suvargan badlands, Umnugovi aimag

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Dalanzadgad city center (pop 15,000). The capital of Umnugovi aimag (pop 50,000) which is double the size of Austria

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Lunch in a simple Gobi countryside restaurant

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Yolyn Am canyon, a green oasis within the Gobi desert. Only little sunrays reach the ground of this narrow and steep canyon. Sometimes the ice stays on the ground throughout the year

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Its not Hongkong

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A vast uninhabitated plain (Umnugovi aimag)

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Dried horsemilk cheese. Tastes as interesting as it looks/sounds like

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Inside a Nomads ger

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Khongoryn Els, an ocean of sand (Umnugovi aimag)

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Bayanzag, dinosaur excavation site (Umnugovi aimag)

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Totally fxxxxd up (Dundgovi aimag)

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Debate in Erdenet (Orkhon aimag)

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Amarbarjasgalant Monastery (Selenge aimag)

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Near Selenge river (Bulgan aimag)

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Typical vista in Bulgan aimag

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Erdenet city outskirts (Orkhon aimag)

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Ger with solar panel, a common sight in the country side

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Khuvsgul aimag

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Sundown at Khuvsgul lake

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Khuvsgul lake shoreline

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High above at the treeline, looking down to Khuvgul lake

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a tiny little bit of tourism on Khuvsgul lakes shoreline

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nice view from Hong KOng !!

incredible shots from Mongolia, amazing landscape...:cheers2:

thx, lets upload some more of my photos

Ulaanbaatar CBD

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Blue Sky Tower, 110m high and currently Mongolias highest building.

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Ulaanbaatars old architecture - besides the temples - can be found norht of Sukhbaatar square. Currently some of these rather decrepit buildings get renovated. These row houses were constructed in the 1940s in the Stalinist era

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Until 1990, the countrys political system was similar to North Koreas. Stalins statues were destroyed after the Democratic Revolution in 1990 but his stooge Choybalsan and can still be seen not too far away ffrom the parliament building has survived just like also Lenin did.
But the last two statues constructed in UB were commemmorating theBeatles and Gandhi clearly showing what an enormous progress the country has made in rthe last two decades regarding political freedom.

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Peace Avenue looking towards central Sukhbaatar square.

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6 floor Ulaanbaatar Mall, one of UBs flashy luxury brand shopping malls

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Zorig, one of the leaders of the Democratic Revolution. The 1990 protest were mainly organized by students like Zorig was. Zorig was later slaughtered in 1998. Until today nobody could identify the murderer.

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Monks in UB downtown

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Women in UB downtown

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Woemn in UBs lesser developed districts. Most women dress up very European style like. Quite surprising sight when just having arrived from China

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Another opposite to China: Mongolians know how to relax

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26 meter high buddha statue in UBs biggest monastery. "Gandan" was among a few which was not destroyed during the Stalinist purges in the late 1930s. And it was the only one which was operational (and not filled up with tractors) just to show the few visitors from the outside world that everything is okay in Mongolia and freedom of religion is guaranteed for everybody.

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Gandan Monastery

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Another view

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Grafitti

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Mongolian Big Ben

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A brewery

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The traditionbal and colourful building to the right houses the National Theatre

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Inside the theatre

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Nairamdal Childrens Park

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Sky Lounge

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Parliament building

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back to the countryside: nomads gers in Arkhangay aimag

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high up in the Khangay mountains (Arkhangay aimag)

btw its 22.2. 22:22

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Tarbagatay mountains (Khuvsgul aimag)

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thx for putting up these magnificient photos, Rinch

Tarbagatay mountains

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The road leads up above the treeline. A stunning view.

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This bank accepted Visa and Master cards and changed traveller cheques

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Basketball has become a popular sports. This and the previous photo was taken in the tiny district "capital" of Jargalant

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Guanz, a meeting place and street canteen where the locals hang out

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Jargalant village, Khuvsgul aimag, Northern Mongolia

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Khogno Khaan, the northern most stretch of the Gobi (Uvurkhangay aimag, Central Mongolia)

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Fag and horse

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some more of the few Mongolian people

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and finally...

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shores of Terkhin Tsaagan Nuur, the Great White Lake

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%209%20Dzuun%20Nuur%20to%20Terkhin%20Tsaagan%20Nuur/DSCN2218.jpg

Terkhin Tsaagan Nuur (Arkahngay aimag), a freshwater lake located on 2060meter above seal level. Volcanoes are nearby

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/july%2010%20hiking%20at%20Terkhin%20Tsaagan%20Nuur/DSCN2418.jpg

near the lake in the Khangay mountains

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/july%2010%20hiking%20at%20Terkhin%20Tsaagan%20Nuur/DSCN2402.jpg

another view

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/july%2010%20hiking%20at%20Terkhin%20Tsaagan%20Nuur/DSCN2314.jpg

I wanted to see just some pictures but you made me go through all pages! Wonderful pictures, I enjoyed very single picture! :cheers:

Thank you very much for such a wonderful thread and wonderful picture of Mongolia. I really want to go there now.

nice, please update

beautiful images of Mongolia, amazing landscape....:cheers:

beautiful landscape images

Gorgeous nation and country :drool: I wouldn't mind living there... Truly a paradise on earth. :applause: Thank you so much for bringing us this beautiful thread!

Fantastic post, and very useful for planning journey. well done.

Here is some photos I took during my visits in 2006, 2009 and 2011 of Ulaanbaatar.

2006 Pano of Ulaanbaatar from Zaisan War Memorial
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/182/407025648_2e73b89cc8_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/407025648/)

2009
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2501/3921297754_13500aecd6_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/3921297754/)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3472/3921297886_1b648dd1bb_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/3921297886/)

2011
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6062/6080297377_6c415cc11c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/6080297377/)

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6142/6042144968_4414b4b2fb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/6042144968/)

Photo taken from recently reopened Children's Fairground
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6090/6059818499_a7ef5d4ab5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/6059818499/)

wow, thanks for the magnificent new photos from Mongolia...:cheers:

I am surprised! Here in Europe nobody knows about the fast growing Mongolian economy and such nice changes in Ulanbaatar architecture. Greetings to the people there….

1970s
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/MNG-Ulaanbaatar-OliverCorff1.jpg

around 1995
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/MNG-Ulaanbataar1.jpg
(worldcityphotos)



2006 Pano of Ulaanbaatar from Zaisan War Memorial
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/182/407025648_2e73b89cc8_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/407025648/)

2009
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2501/3921297754_13500aecd6_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/3921297754/)

2011
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6062/6080297377_6c415cc11c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaatar/6080297377/)



and 2012...
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/misc/7157166246_0c51cc5b54_o.jpg
(panoramio)

Fantastic post, and very useful for planning journey. well done.

Here is some photos I took during my visits in 2006, 2009 and 2011 of Ulaanbaatar.

btw, nice photos also from your side. If you want to spare some other, just go ahead, its an opne thread