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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
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Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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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.

Uglii-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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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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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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Just 8 km before UGLii we crossed a big World wide ride milestone of 200,000 km so far on the trip!!

Mongolia Border to Uglii-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Riding into the town we were headed to the Blue Wolf Get camp and our first night in a ger!!

Mongolia Border to Uglii-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Uglii-29 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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Well we managed not to leave the Blue Wolf today at all and spent the evening in the restaurant there with Brent and Dan from Saskatchewan who are in the Mongol Rally in their Yaris. There were many many s had and at least 3 bottles of Vodka….This made for a late start today.

Mongolia Border to Uglii-20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Border to Uglii-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We had breakfast at 10 and then packed and gassed up with 95! We finally left town about 1130. This was after finding an ATM and SIM cards!

Mongolia Border to Uglii-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Mongolia Border to Uglii-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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The rest are under construction. The first 100 are pretty good with little sand or loose gravel. There are long sections with hard packed dirt. When it is sandy we go for the grass.

Khvod-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Khvod-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Khvod-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Khvod-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-8 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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The last 95 km we started just after 4 and managed to get to a hotel by 630. The last 50 km are more sandy and loose and with some very long stretches where you had to stand for kms.

Khvod-34 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Khvod-36 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Khvod-38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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You can see the last 9 km from the hill top and it is basically just dozens of sand tracks.

Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Khvod-40 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

The hotel we saw first ended up to be the best in town and that is not saying much, but they had lots of single rooms. The bathrooms were added afterwards and consist of a glass enclosure beside the bed. We walked around the corner to the King Restaurant and got the royal treatment. The food was good and the portions massive.

Mongolia Uglii to Khvod-22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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