


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...Mississippi Delta Arlington Cork penang Suez Oman Trakai Cologne varanasi Salt Lake City Japan lamanai Mandeville Galax Camaguey Cheyenne North Dakota Port Waikato Kathmandu cancun Shelly Beach Greece Lori Stellenbosch Ticonderoga Simon's Town Foz do Iguacu Malaysia Sao Paulo Perast san salvador Italy Giza Pula Palolem Finland vancouver Kentucky Annapolis Dominican Republic Deception Island Negril Puerto Rico Ashland Datong langkawi Queenstown French Antilles Ohio Gangnam Santa Roas de Copan Abkhazia Savannah Lockerbie Dorasan El Jadida Santa Marta kenai peninsula Cholpon-Ata Galapagos Islands seattle New York Sint Maarten / Saint Martin Er Rachidia Netherlands Antilles Tivat Salta Alliance Singapore porto Jebel Toubkal Ecuador Marigot Jungfrau Trinidad and Tobago helsinki Dijon Veneto antigua Uttar Pradesh Macau Dayton Lauterbrunnen Lima ipoh delhi Philippines Invercargill Nicaragua Gibraltar alleppey Ontario ataco Iberia Ushuaia Caleta Tortel Fort Yates Elim Manteo Spalding Cusco chiang rai Sucre Aviemore north car Pucon Portland East Asia Barentsburg UAE Colorado Galway Friendship Highway Pennsylvania Hyannis Pisa tikal Willemstad Tekapo Minneapolis Western Cape Ghorepani Andros Annapurna Monticello Louisiana Walker Hora Brazil Nacoochee Village Luxor Kona San Jose Omaha Massachusetts New Church Belgium Paros Georgia Santa Clara China Cambodia bay islands Antarctic Peninsula Cherbourg leshan Hoi An The Caribbean / West Indies Mount Cook Philadelphia Andijon Margate New York City tulum North Africa Memphis Ocean City Ingapirca Zante Toledo Colleville Sur Mer Slyudyanka Wadi Musa Bolivia Nepal San Juan Del Sur Kijong-dong / Propaganda Village The Catlins chengdu Panajachel Custer Alabama Panjim Bodie Island Whangarei kovalam Hong Kong Dyess New Mexico Angkor Bulgaria Colombia Cuba Muscat Hispaniola Porto Alegre Puerto Natales Kilkenny Verona Sinuiju South Dakota New Orleans Vicksburg Yekaterinburg Meridian Puerto Varas Fort Payne Australia Marrakesh George Town Switzerland seward Mississippi irkutsk Olive Hill Mayo uxmal Mexico Lewisburg Niagara jaco utila Flanders Puerto Ayora Arkansas Algeciras moscow Tupelo Lithuania Fes Port of Spain kosovo Front Royal Chesapeake Czech Republic Wisconsin Trujillo Rosario El Calafate Potosi Bosnia and Herzegovina Como Bluffs Caen tijuana Bemidji casablanca London Norway ella Jamaica Siem Reap Zhangmu Zakynthos Littleton Asheville chiang mai yucatan Macedonia Ocho Rios seoul anjuna Riga Parikia Venezuela tibet Turkey maui Gradil Chongqing Latvia Ireland vladimir Svalbard Lombardy Campobello Island Lewes Maryland Cape Reinga Cordell Matauri Bay Tallinn victoria Prattville China & Tibet Clare Charleston Tbilisi Rhode Island Los Angeles siberia Prague Burgundy Delaware USA Havana Saint Petersburg Peloponnese Jersey Shore Danang merida hampi Madrid Patagonia Rincon Ilha de Santa Catarina Honolulu Durres Knoxville Yongin Sabah Bukhara Monte Carlo Meknes Istria Peninsula Oia North America solola Croatia Owensboro Dubrovnik Bogota Santiago hohhot Fox Glacier Gettysburg Hungary Essaouira Jacksonville Prishina Essex Ipiales Boracay Sarajevo Paris Chichicastenango bali Grand Lake Central Asia Aleppo Kyllini Nebraska Lincoln Alexandria Mexico City Osh Middle East St Cloud Berlin Dominica Tokyo dubai Kyrgyzstan Chiclayo Atlantic City Pyramiden Bloubergstrand Woodstock Lubec suchitoto Coyhaique Delft Myrtle Beach Amman Dades Gorge Bloomington Cairo Spitsbergen Wanaka Nizhny Novgorod hilo India Rockfish Gap Teotihuacan Istanbul England Jamestown Puerto Rio Tranquilo Tallahassee Drake Passage Alaska North Carolina Southeast Asia Provincetown Medicine Bow Nara leon Maynardville Huaraz New Brunswick ubud Overberg Santo Domingo Belgrade Puno Port-au-Prince Cape May Bentonia Palestine New Zealand - North Island United Kingdom North Macedonia Lexington Castries Jacmel Nuwera Eliya Barre Delmarva bundi Nikko Montevideo Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Vienna oslo Tongariro Germany anchorage Ica Indian Subcontinent Hiroshima Adirondacks Florianopolis Antarctica The Arctic Montreal Florence Albania Manuel Antonio Plovdiv Aqaba South Korea copan Asuncion Montpelier Israel Puerto Villamil Mykonos ulan bator Ait Benhaddou Providence Milford Sound Petra Guayaquil West Indies Mount Sinai granada Helen utah Indiana kerala Cooperstown Morocco Highland Transylvania Maracaibo West Yellowstone Tegucigalpa karnataka Panmunjom Gyeongju Galapagos New England Illinois Trinidad & Tobago Durango Lake George Bethlehem Milan Saint Stephen Budapest Damascus Erlian Shigatse Northern Ireland Arizona amritsar Bird in Hand Argentina Juayua rajasthan Naushki Quito Deadwood Fengdu Colonia del Sacramento Haiti Isla de la Ometepe Rosine Netherlands Guanajuato Machu Picchu Denmark Maharashtra Indianapolis Nanning mysore Tena Grand Cayman Bremen Luquillo Washington D.C. 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