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Thanks. Will incorporate those
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Walter, here's another one for Kyrgyzstan that Kurt and I stayed in: a turbaza on the south side of the big reservoir between Bishkek and Osh, west of Torkent.
The location is: Lat: 41.752928 Lon: 72.925465
The turbaza has a beach on the reservoir, a nice view, a pool, decent rooms, and a very good and cheap cafe on its grounds.
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Thanks mate
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September 2015 Update
Here is the update file since July.
Full file on front page as always.
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A set of selected/edited waypoints just emailed, final from this trip, now in Vladivostok. There are a few in there which are existing ones marked as DELETE, like closed fuel stations. And there should be no duplicates of existing ones.
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Fuel in Mongolia
Walter,
thanks for the wapyoints file. Here's a bunch of petrol stations that are either not in your file or been upgraded to 92. When not mentioned, it's diesel and 80 only. We're on 4 wheels and running on DT, so I can't comment on the quality or shortage of 92.
In fact, after 10'000 km in Mongolia, I think most of the towns have diesel and 80 benzin on sale, so listing then seems moot. OTOH, they're building many brand new petrol stations, most of which now carry 92 octane, which could mean a lot for people with newer bikes.
I reckon that, if you can use 80, then you can go pretty much anywhere without worrying in Mongolia with 250 km of range (excluding some remote parts of Gobi and the far East maybe). And with 500 km you could make do with only 92.
On 4 wheels with a spare tank of diesel, you could now even go wherever you want and only top up with your credit card... it seems you can use plastic in all aimag capitals.
That's how fast Mongolia is changing.
Laurent
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Are OSM ( open street maps) still the best maps for this region ??
I'm doing a trip from UK to Mongolia through Russia, Ukraine, 'the stans' and into Mongolia.
Cheers, Ted
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