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I agree and I'll also try to get in touch, along the way, with travelers coming from where I'm going, but someone who lives nearby has a very big chance to have fresh (and maybe more detailed) info, from the same source.
At least that's my thinking .
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Well, what do you understand with "nearby" ??

If someone is about 1200 - 1500 km away from the tracks in Mongolia I would not consider it nearby.

I dont know him, maybe he knows the roads very well.
But usually it makes more sense to ask people who just drove that, and not "hearing from someone who was told"

And even if someone tells you about the road, it depends on his driving skills and preferences.

I remember when we asked car drivers, they said "good road" and it was nasty tracked sand. Perfect for a car to avoid potholes, but sometimes hard for a biker who is not an experienced offroad driver.

So I rather would have some "bad" potholed gravel road which is easy to drive for bikes.

And by the way, nearby is if you ask someone in London how the roads are in Swizzerland
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Hello everyone, we finally postpone the trip until next July and we keep the idea of doing the route: Tashanta - Olgii - Khovd - Altai - Uliastaay - Tosontsengel - Jargalant - Tsertseleg Kharkhorin - UB.
We have modified the route to Mongolia through Georgia and Kazakhstan from Turkey.
Any comments or recent info will be welcome.
Thanks in advance!!
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Did the route 2 weeks ago on a 1150GS

Olgii to Altai is almost everything paved except 70 km between Olgii and Khovd.

Altai to Uliastay is good gravel road ( was completely different 2013 )

Uliastay to Telmen is prepared gravel and normal gravel, ok to drive.

Then again mostely asphalt, except some detours ( sometimes 20km ) for construction.

So most of the middle route is also asphalt now.
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Did the route 2 weeks ago on a 1150GS
Olgii to Altai is almost everything paved except 70 km between Olgii and Khovd.
Altai to Uliastay is good gravel road ( was completely different 2013 )
Uliastay to Telmen is prepared gravel and normal gravel, ok to drive.
Then again mostely asphalt, except some detours ( sometimes 20km ) for construction.
So most of the middle route is also asphalt now.
Thank you very much klausmong1.
In spite of not being a complicated trip our group will be composed of experienced pilots in off road and long trips and we will take tires type Mitas E07 or similar.
How is the theme of gas stations from Altai to Tosontsengel? I think there's one in Uliastai, isn't it? And from Khovd to Altai I think there's no
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Gas is not the big Problem anymore.

From Olgii to Altai you find it in the cities and inbetween

Then again in Ulaistay ( less then 200km ) and then in the cities again, also Telmen, Tosontsengel, Tariat, Tsertseleg, Kharkhorin.

So at maximum it can be that you need gas für 250km, but usually you find benzin before that
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Gas is not the big Problem anymore.

From Olgii to Altai you find it in the cities and inbetween

Then again in Ulaistay ( less then 200km ) and then in the cities again, also Telmen, Tosontsengel, Tariat, Tsertseleg, Kharkhorin.

So at maximum it can be that you need gas für 250km, but usually you find benzin before that
Thanks klausmong1
How long the wait is going to be after having to postpone it!!
This first trip will help me making contact with the country because my dream is to do the north route in maxitrail, but for that I will have to select 1 or 2 riders with good off road level and very used to solve problems on the fly...
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