


Ulan Bator, Mongolia (2012)
A pictorial look at a return to Ulan Bator, the sleepy, unkempt capital of Mongolia & the centre of the Mongolian universe.

Hohhot, China, to Ulan Bator, Mongolia (2012) || Riding The Rails
It was deja vu all over again. Just like seven years ago, I eventually made it out of China and after two nights of riding the rails in a well-worn Mongolian train carriage I arrived earlier today, October 31 2012, in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator. It’s...
Siberian Russia – First Look || Riding The Rails
My love affair with the train continues. I’ve left Mongolia and are now en route to Irkutsk in Siberian Russia, my first stop on this my first visit to Russia, the world’s largest country. Russia: mysterious dark continent, remote, inaccessible to...
Ulan Bator, Mongolia (2006)
Mongolia. That name has always stirred up visions of the untamed – Genghis Khan, camels wandering the Gobi Desert and wild horses galloping across the steppes. It’s a huge, landlocked country (17th largest in the world) about three times the size of...
Hohhot, China, to Ulan Bator, Mongolia (2006) || Riding The Rails
The 36-hour train journey I’ve just completed from Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, China, to Ulan Bator in Mongolia proper was a bit special. It turned out to be my first time spending 2 consecutive nights on a train and it took me through a part of the world I had...Rome yucatan new south wales merida Colonial Williamsburg Indianapolis Kill Devil Hills Oregon Lake George United Kingdom Michigan Panajachel Parikia Quebec City Sunauli Hoi An Bern Buenos Aires Maryland kenai peninsula Minneapolis Rockfish Gap Nice Fes Bolivia borneo Central Asia Lakota Pula Niagara Dead Sea Idaho Bentonia Mongolia Osh Central America Pucon Rosine rajasthan Russia Nasca solola Beaver Dam Costa Rica Sandy Hook Stepantsminda/Kazbegi Tipperary Appalachians Christchurch melbourne Negril Lancaster alleppey Lori Madaba Tuymen Marbella Fort William Madrid Chongqing Tennessee Hyden Galax Xian Rotorua Billings Charleston Leigh Ancud Hama Guanajuato Cannon Ball Iowa Gradil Italy colombo Sao Paulo Paros Stellenbosch Burlington Popayan Rhode Island Rio de Janeiro Wanaka Ica Guilin Trinidad Wisconsin Quito Delmarva Cleveland lamanai Abu Dhabi delhi Golmud Medicine Bow Durres Charlottesville Jungfrau Cap-Haitien Fenwick Island leon Treasure Beach Wilmington Denmark cancun Lahaina Tinos India Grand Lake St. Louis Roseau Memphis Polynesia Guatemala Noosa Bruges boquete ABC Islands El Chalten Indonesia Spitsbergen Bosnia and Herzegovina Berlin Bremen bali Ingapirca Te Anu China Jackson Hole Er Rachidia Moulay Idriss Costa del Sol Juayua Longyearbyen New Brunswick Bloubergstrand Georgia Normandy Baltic States Argentina Uttar Pradesh Curacao tulum Delos Teotihuacan Malaga Mestia Croatia Virpazar Chandigarh Mandeville Taupo Franconia Uruguay France North Dakota Tokyo Lago De Yojoa baltimore Mesoamerica Mexico City Torres Del Paine London Milford Sound Hanoi Santo Domingo South America Cape May coba Zante Hermanus Spalding Kuala Lumpur Varadero England Algeciras Pyongyang Isla de la Ometepe Dorasan miami Ipiales Cayman Islands Margate kandy Mississippi Delta Dominican Republic guadalajara Barre Oman Lincoln Arkansas Puerto Rio Tranquilo Erlian West Virginia Williamsburg Hiroshima Clare British Columbia chetumal Yongin Norway Spain Cortez Pompeii Hartland New Haven Alabama Sucre Rissani utila Zugdidi Cologne Cooperstown Panguitch Punta Cana Estes Park uxmal Stirling French Antilles Hungary Galapagos byron bay Bodie Island Vilnius Plovdiv Chefchaouen Essex Port of Spain Saint Stephen Hyannis Wadi Rum Macclenny Nevada Missouri Quebec Chicago Cheyenne Friendship Highway Budapest Warsaw Dubrovnik Port-au-Prince oahu Loja victoria Vancouver Island hilo Oia Caleta Tortel Sligo brisbane Perast Rio Gallegos bay islands helsinki Queenstown Santiago Gyeongju Jeju Pokhara Bariloche Sinai Antwerp Wadi Musa Shenandoah Erg Chebbi Hue Nashville Netherlands Jebel Toubkal Banos Pyramiden goa Cannes west bengal casablanca hana Santa Roas de Copan Greenfield Cuenca Upstate New York Hatteras Island New England Southeast Asia stockholm ella L'Agulhas Bran Manuel Antonio Austria Belize City Lima Florianopolis Muine Concepción de Ataco Suwon Tangier Provincetown Barcelona Switzerland Gyantse Lhasa Havana Isla Isabela Brasov Lauterbrunnen anchorage South Ossetia Montana Tupelo Littleton kosovo Shelly Beach Cholpon-Ata Puerto Ayora Nuwera Eliya Abkhazia Shigatse Savannah Kleinbaai Merzouga Santorini New Orleans Burwell anjuna Porto Montenegro Granby Cape Cod dublin lisbon tomsk San Martin de los Andes fort cochin Greece Santa Rosa de Copan Indiana Ping An Thailand Tirana homer Novosibirisk Hong Kong Greater Antilles porto Kuwait Drake Passage Tivat Meridian ericeira copan Mobile St. Lucia Syria Monticello Louisiana Bismarck Tekapo Israel Brian Head Kerry Cienfuegos Mostar Arizona Marigot Ushuaia Richmond Chiclayo Budva Andalusia Atlantic City Nara Ilha de Santa Catarina unawatuna krabi Guayaquil galle Khiva Egypt Ohio Chelsea Iberia Machu Picchu Amman amritsar orange walk Mystras Durango seoul maui Japan Vietnam Custer Riga Zakynthos Palolem Arabia Chile Volubilis Scottsbluff Muriwai Beach hampi Asuncion Navajo Nation Roanoke Island Washington D.C. 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