Time for us to head East, Vladivostok as the destination for the first part of our journey. But first we decided to explore the region around Arshan in more detail, especially as we were keen to do some hiking and stretch our legs a bit after a lot of driving […]
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After couple of days in Irkutsk it was time for us to leave the city again and start enjoying the countryside. We decided to explore the more touristy part of the Lake Baikal region and headed towards Taltsy and Listvyanka. Taltsy Museum In Taltsy you can find a nice open-air […]
Irkutsk, far away from Moscow in the middle of Siberia. After our time in Novosibirsk now the second Russian city we are visiting. Three nights in a hotel instead of camping, what a luxury, but from time to time also nice to enjoy some kind of city lifestyle. And Irkutsk […]
Back in Russia, back in Siberia and now on the way to Lake Baikal. After a bit more than three hours we are done and the border crossing is managed. Being tired after the early wake-up and the border crossing, we decided to call it a day early. But easier […]
As we still had some time after visiting a couple of monasteries till our visa expires, we decided to explore the North of Mongolia in more detail. Due to the heavy rainfalls a couple of days ago we had to deviate ones more from the planned route and take the […]
In Mongolia the question is not if something breaks on your car, it is only when and what. Well, the “what” is simple to answer in our case. Our wheel bearings on the front axle went to hell after so many bad tracks during the last couple of weeks and […]
Khongoryn Els, the famous sand dunes of the Gobi desert in the South of Mongolia. Often we believe the desert looks like the well known sand dune photos, but in reality it is only a small part of it. Mainly it is a rather rocky and of course dry region […]
It has been a very long way to Khermen Tsav, a very remote and isolated part of the Goby desert, but it was surely worth it. But first things first. Leaving from the city of Altai we were optimistic to get to Khermen Tsav in about 2,5 days. Well in […]
Finally the rain stopped in the morning and we nearly forgot about the collapsed bridge and the detour of 150 kilometres this was causing us. But not for long. Unfortunately the easy way in was rather difficult after the nightly rain, so we nearly got stuck in the deep mud. […]