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Old 25 Oct 2011
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Really nice pictures. Makes me desperately want to be back there. Best place I've ever been on a bike, by far. More than that, the week and a half I spent there ranks very near the top of the list of greatest experiences of my life.

Back to the question about travel speed - whatever you decide to use in your planning, allow yourself as much time in Mongolia as you can!
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...the week and a half I spent there with my old mate Dave ranks very near the top of the list of greatest experiences of my life.
Echoes of "Brokeback Mountain" there mate. Its normally girls who say that about Kito
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Great pics as usual Walter. Are those from the southern route or northern route, or both?

Also, I've got a question for you Mongolia veterans--the roads generally look a little, er, undefined--do people usually just dead-reckon the general direction and take whatever roads you come across, or pick the roads which generally seem to going in the right direction, or ride cross-country, or what?

Not really used to navigating like this, so will be interested to hear...
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Loved it..
But..I wouldn't go back to Mongolia without 450-650cc in a proper offroad chassis.

If you have a GPS and a fast bike you can blast along without any worry about getting lost, steering your dot roughly along the red line (Garmin) and feeling like you're in an easier version of the Dakar rally!

Riding at speed in Mongolia is tiring and dangerous (potholes, hidden bumps and very easy to lose your concentration) but you can't beat the feeling!

Just remember your nearest proper medical facilities will be a plane ride away and probably in another country (e.g. Korea)...
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Northern route or neither ... Southern route is not the most scenic.

Mongolia is getting a mapped a lot better now on OSM which makes it a lot easier. Previously you just picked the wheelruts that pointed in the closest direction and cross check after 10, 20, 50 km that you are roughly where you tihnk you should be

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Great pics as usual Walter. Are those from the southern route or northern route, or both?

Also, I've got a question for you Mongolia veterans--the roads generally look a little, er, undefined--do people usually just dead-reckon the general direction and take whatever roads you come across, or pick the roads which generally seem to going in the right direction, or ride cross-country, or what?

Not really used to navigating like this, so will be interested to hear...
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There is a nice french guy crossing Mongolia right now, not afraid of low temperatures and snow:

Check his travel-speed here:

vagabondagesautourdumonde

The blog is in french, but even if this is not your language - see
his pictures.

You can also find some videos on youtube, search for maxautourdumonde.

Enjoy!
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Also, I've got a question for you Mongolia veterans--the roads generally look a little, er, undefined--do people usually just dead-reckon the general direction and take whatever roads you come across, or pick the roads which generally seem to going in the right direction, or ride cross-country, or what?

Not really used to navigating like this, so will be interested to hear...
From my experiences, the links between province capitals were fairly easy to follow, consisting of several tracks weaving among themselves in the same general direction. When away from those, yes, it becomes a guessing game, and a few times I had to make a course correction by going cross-country, following a compass heading. Doing this nearly bit me back once: I found myself on a lakebed that had a thin crust of dried mud on top, and pasty mud underneath. My RPMs were going up, but I was slowing down! Stayed on the gas and made it, but it could have gotten "interesting".

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Hi Chinggis,
If you are planning to go to Lake Khuvsgul, it's a day and half's ride now as quite a bit of road has been built in the recent past. And if you need any info/help on traveling/riding through Mongolia, you can ask me either here or contact me at info@adventuresmongolia.mn I run my own small adventure travel company.
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