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

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


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



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Entering into the heart of Altai Mountains





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The coffee probably saved us from a downpour



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Altai Mountains.
Let me give some advice to anyone planning to travel this road to enter Mongolia from the west: try to plan your trip by calculating short distances in this area.
Not because it is difficult to cross it quickly, but because by doing so you will regret not having had more time to stop to explore it.















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In Onguday we find a hotel/resort with every comfort, where we stop with two English guys from the Mongol Rally known just before









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Just outside Kosh Agach there are Russian military antennas pointing towards the border



And then the first camels









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We arrive at the border at 15.00 and move ourselves pretty well between the various offices, but everything is pretty slow and we go out from the Russian side just after 17.00: the border closes shortly after, and today we are the last to pass.

This is the no man's land between Russia and Mongolia, 20 km long.





And finally, we are in Mongolia!





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From the border to Olgii is about 100 kms, so, although it is already quite late, we decide to try to reach it, which would allow us to recover an entire day of the two lost in Kazakhstan in our original plan



After a few tens of km starts even the asphalt











Olgii



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We find a place to sleep at the excellent Blue Wolf Ger Camp, equipped with showers and a beautiful adjacent room where breakfast is served



6/8/2014







Mongolia is not only vast landscapes, gers and nomads. When there are, the cities looks a bit like this:





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The first 60-80 kms to Khovd are paved















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