Mongolia

Photo of the Week: Khovsgol Lake Panorama Mongolia

2 Comments / Asia, Destinations, Mongolia, Photo of the Week / By Stephen Lioy

Khovsgol Lake, in the far northern reaches of Mongolia just below Siberian Russia, is actually one of the most popular tourist sites in the country. Show up outside of the summer high season, though, and you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise. When I arrived at Khatgal, the main town and southernmost edge of the lake, the …

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Photo of the Week: Mongolian Roads

2 Comments / Asia, Destinations, Mongolia, Photo of the Week / By Stephen Bugno

Photo of the Week: Mongolian Roads Mongolian Roads. About 15 miles outside of Ulaanbaatar, we made a sharp left turn off the main two-lane highway and started off-roading it in our Russian van south to the Gobi Desert. For another six days we wouldn’t see another paved road. Part of the attraction of driving to …

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