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Originally Posted by crisidsto
Walter, can you explain how this works in Mongolia, if you know?.
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I dont really know in detail, but in all the times I have been to Mongolia, i was never once given anything I had to show on exit. The Russian customs zone does.
The Mongolians seem to faff around with computers a bit when you enter the country, but I dont know exactly how thorough and comprehensive their system is. I will say its a lot less thorough and comprehensive than the Russians system tho.
None of the people I know who have kept their bikes in Mongolia over the winter seem to have had issues upon taking the bikes out 9 months later.
On the other hand, I also dont want to encourage Mongolia to start cracking down on imported bikes. If a bunch of people suddenly start riding bikes to Mongolia and not taking them out, then it does encourage them to clamp down on it.
So it seems to be a bit of a window for now, but the danger in telling people about it and encouraging people to use this window is that it draws attention to it and encourages the authorities to close it.
Use sparingly or in case of no other alternative ... would be my call. (as opposed to abusing the system)