Central Mongolia

So, here a huge reportage of the tour around Central Mongolia...

THIS POST IS SPONSORED BY HEINZ AND GUDRUN SCHWARZ!! (Vielen Dank nochmal)

Here a Panorama of Ulanbaatar:

 Our van stucked in the snow:

 Hugh and Me showing our cool boots!:

 A pic of myself sleeping inside the Geer (Krystoph's idea again):

 Jumping before the semi-Gobi:

 Camel Tour:

 The Khazhak family where we slept at:

 Before the huge statue of Ghenghis Khan!!

 A look at the van:

 Nice temple at Kharakhori:

 Brian and Neamh (hope I wrote your name correctly now Neeve):

 The coolest pic ever!

 Ready to ride:

 Smoking the peace pipe:

 Three man and a woman and a destiny:

 Eating at the van:

 Throwing the bones!:

 Thanks for the tour, Baska:

 True Love:

 The nice Kharakhori Temple:

 The house of the nomadic family:

 A vulture taking off:

 First stew we had in our tour:

 The plant called Gobi:

 Horse shepperd:

 This is exactly what you think it is, but they call it fallic statue:

 A geer from the inside:

 My moustache and my eyelashes are freezing:

 Locals going to the temple:

 Inside one of the palaces.

 Sunshine at the Kharakhori temple:

 The family at Kharakhori where we slept at:

 Neamh scared to death while driving offroad:

 The nomadic shepperd:

 Beautiful place to settle down during the winter:

 Outdoor picture with the nomadic family (Amba and Mama also there):

 Amba and Baska offered us some mongolian wrestling:

 On the road:

 The Buda of Ulanbaatar:

  The great statue of the Ghenghis Khan:

 Ready to ride again!!

A taste of local food:

 Panoramic view of the frozen Orkhon river (longest in Mongolia):

And now, some videos thanks to Hugh:

A panoramic view of the Nomadic Place:

Some Mongolian music performance:

And a stunning view from the Buddist monastery at the Tergelj national park:

The next entrance will be probably Ulanbaatar_2, and then... Peking!

Ulanbaatar

So, now in Mongolia...

These are some pics of the train and in Mongolia as well:

Here some view from the train (latest part of Siberia):

This is the beautiful Timutlin (name of the fierce sister of Genghis Khan):

Food during the new year (lunar) celebration in Mongolia:

People with traditional suits:

Me in front of the Genghis Khan statue in Ulanbaatar:

Looking outside the city:

Evolution? (2):

Perros callejeros (street dogs):

The Gandantegchenling Monastery in Ulanbaatar:

Today we celebrated again the New Year, it's 2:00 in the morning, and I don't really remember the last hours...

Mama and her daughters (don't actually remember this picture...):

 The whole family:

 Brian, Neeve and Hugh (my irish mates!):

 Brian and Mama (I am sure Brian does not remember this!):

 Me with the head of the family?

 Hugh with some other big fish of the family:

Today, as you can imagine, was a relax day...

The Bogd Khaan Palace:

 And that one's for you Rob, Genghis beer!:

Tomorrow we go on a 4-day tour to Central Mongolia and the Mini-Gobi, will try to update pics on Friday...