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The southern route has mostly bridges, but there will still be many streams that might temporarily be rivers in May
I think you are too early in the season. It will be possible but will not be fun.
Hello colebatch
Unfortuneally I can't wait longer to go home. So it will be May.
My plan is to enter at Erdeentsay and then to UB and on to Tsagaannuu-Tashanta.
Are those main routes open and is there local traffic?
How many rivercrossings do I have to expect?
If deeper than 0.5m I have to build a snorkel, which was fun in Australia at 25°C water temperature, but in May in melted ice water and currant.....I don't know.
Probably have to buy a pair of those boot/pants used by the fischermen standing in the river.

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I dont know how many water crossings you will get in May. If you are going then it doesnt matter if you have 3 or 30. The only thing that matters us how deep is the deepest one.

We cant answer that for you 2 months in advance. You will have to find out on location.

The border is Ereentsav not Ereentsay as on Google. Google maps - Google earth is wrong. Presumably a typo when they were making the maps, or a mapmaker read barely legible print on as printed map as a y instead of a v.
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Thanks so far, I'll decide once I'm a bit closer.
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The border is Ereentsav not Ereentsay as on Google. Google maps - Google earth is wrong. Presumably a typo when they were making the maps, or a mapmaker read barely legible print on as printed map as a y instead of a v.
Funny thing is, on my papermap, they use it with "y" for the Border crossing and with "v" for the town name.
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Hi Sushi,
we'll arrive in UB 18th of May. Where do you stay? If you would like to, how about a ? We'll start a roundtrip of mongolia there and plan to head further east next year.
Would be nice to meet and talk a bit.

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we'll arrive in UB 18th of May. Where do you stay? If you would like to, how about a ? We'll start a roundtrip of mongolia there and plan to head further east next year.
Would be nice to meet and talk a bit.

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Hey Guys I'm about to go into UB tomorrow and staying at the oasis guesthouse and will find out about the possibilities of the route. If it sounds too bad ill just head back into Russia and across into Kazakhstan.

Sushi and the rest let me know if you want to meet up!!
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I saw a picture on probike mongolia on facebook, they made them 5 days ago.

Snowstorm and so on...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater
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