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There is the 8 km of pretty good dirt to the Mongolian border.
Uglii-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Here at the gate you park and and the guard says in English “passport moto paper walking”. We got off and walked thru the gate to the office. Here the officers check your documents, gives you the standard small scrap of paper to get your collection of stamps, and then you are flagged thru. The first stop is the tire decontamination bath that costs 50R (a Canadian dollar). You are given a receipt for this.
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Next you ride 300 meters to the border station and are directed to park on the left. The officer checks your passport, vehicle registration, and your paper scrap. You go inside to passport control for the entry stamp and to fill in the tourist card (with English questions). Next you go to the window to the left for a customs stamp. The last step is to go to Customs office which is the next window part passport control and where they make up the TVIP for you. It is important to get your small scrap of paper back and that it has 3 stamps on it and that the TVIP is signed by the big boss. We were lucky to all get in before the hordes of people showed up for luggage X-ray. They did not even ask to look at our stuff. Trevor was last and the boss was going for his 2 hours lunch, but we managed to catch him for Trevor’s last stamp.
Uglii-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Then you ride 300 m to the exit gate for a final passport check and to hand in the 3 stamp scrap. Trevor was turned back here as he did not have the customs passport stamp and had to go back.
Uglii-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Border to Uglii by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Leaving the gate the road is terrible and full of holes. You ride about 250 meters and then a few people run out to stop you. These are people trying to sell you worthless insurance and of course money changers.
Uglii-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We passed them and then another 200 m later there is an “official looking booth with an open gate and a stop sign”. The “ officer look official too”. This is the “Mongolian highway tax scam”. They want 15 USD for this. I said no we are not paying as this is fake. She said why and I said I read it on the internet and rode off. They did not even try to stop Trevor who was last.
Uglii-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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31 Aug 2017
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The road from here is gravel for 34 km and terrible wash board to the first town of Tsagaannuur.
Screen Shot 2017-08-18 at 13.12.09 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
There are multiple alternative tracts, which are hard packed and much easier to ride on.
Uglii-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
It is then good pavement for the next 65 km.
Uglii-20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We stopped to see if we could help these guys with their flat.
Uglii-22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Border to Uglii-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Border to Uglii-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
The boys did some off road hill climbing.
Mongolia Border to Uglii-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
IMG_9367 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-28 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-27 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Uglii-26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Border to Uglii-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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There are some decisions to be made on our route to Ulanbaatar. The choices are the southern (Gobi= 300 km of deeper sand, but actually many more km of tarmac), the northern (more water crossings, mountain crossings, and difficulty better suited to small bikes), or the middle route (a mixture of both).
Screen Shot 2017-08-31 at 19.26.22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We have 220 km from Ulgii to Khvod and the first 45 are paved.
Screen Shot 2017-08-09 at 21.18.12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-41 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-42 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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You cross back and forth across the prepared road bed. In one section they were laying deep gravel and the detour was down a very steep grass embankment.
Khvod-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-28 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Khvod-30 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We found a cafe (the first) about 95 km from our destination and had a pretty good lunch. We had to wait for a large Russian group to be fed first and so we were there over an hour. The food was fresh ground goat in Jamaican paddy like pockets. The goat is so fresh the next one is tied up to the back of the shop! There were at least a dozen birds of prey playing in the thermals near by.
Khvod-32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
IMG_9395 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
IMG_9394 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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