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The picture shows the standard conditions on Mongolia's roads: Unpaved tracks, obviously with no sign of orientation. With good sight and weather conditions, it's possible to drive rather fast on these. But when it gets dark, muddy or when snow falls, it's really a challenge, and a good driver makes a difference. The driving skills of our driver were great, he just somehow liked gambling in the nights and was extremely meat-oriented.

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Between Ulaanbaatar and Cecerleg, three quarters of the roads are paved. It's a very scenic trip, but the 450 km still take a day.

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The city of Charchorin, shot from a monument on a nearby hill. Charchorin used to be the capital of the Mongolian Empire at its biggest extent, and that's what the monument above Charchorin shows. It's however an ugly one, the view down over the town is much more interesting.

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View of Erdene Zuu, one of the biggest Buddhist monasteries in Mongolia. It's located in Kharkhorin (Kara Korum), the former capital of the Mongolian empire. It has been destroyed several hundred years ago and very few traces are left, just e.g. a stone turtle outside of the monastery.

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Galdan Zuu is an old buddhist temple located above the town of Cecerleg, with a great view around.

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After having spent two days in Tsagaan Nuur National Park, we left the area again. During the night (which we had spent in a yurt) it had snowed, so the next morning it was impossible to drive reasonably fast, also because of the absence of any roads. But the landscape was great! The strange colour of the photo is due to the somewhat dirty windows of our jeep.

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In Tsagaan Nuur National Park, we slept in a ger (yurt), the traditional Mongolian housing. When cooking on the fire in the evening, it's quite warm, also in the following hours. But not in the early morning hours, when the fire's out and it's getting cold - especially when it's snowing outside!

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Most roads in Mongolia, including the main road from Cecerleg westwards to Tariat, Cagaan Nuur National Park and Tosoncengel, are just unpaved dirt pists. A new road is under construction, but still can't be used (the construction site is on the right side of the photo). Until then, a resistant vehicle is essential, also since some smaller creeks have to been crossed.

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View of Cecerleg (often transliterated as "Tsetserleg"), the centre of Arkhangai aimak (province), some 450 km west of Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar. Cecerleg has approximately 20.000 inhabitants. The city centre has a typically Sovietic appearance, while the outskirts are dominated by gers (yurts) and colourful wooden houses.

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A detail of Cecerleg's old Buddhist temple (Galdan Zuu), photographed early in the morning. Like most of Mongolia's aimak centres, there's a monastery rebuilt after the decay of communism after 1989.

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View of the entrance gate of Tsetserleg, the centre of Arkhangai Aimak in Mongolia. After a long day of travelling in a Russian jeep from Ulaanbaatar to Tsetserleg, we reached our destination with the last light of the day.