The Kingsmill's Trans-Russia-Mongolian Overland Trip, Part 4: Tashanta

"One of many river crossings"

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Travel story: The Kingsmill's Trans-Russia-Mongolian Overland Trip, Part 4: Tashanta

After driving 5800km through Eastern Siberia we have now travelled another 4100km through Mongolia. Travelling around Mongolia is unlike any other country we have been to. We had four different maps of Mongolia all of which did not correlate. What looked like a main highway on the maps was usually little more than tyre tracks in the dirt, sand or mud. There is hardly a sign post in the whole country. In Mongolia, roads connect nomads, most of whom by their nature keep moving so even the roads... More