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[Sucker]

I really want to go on vacation.

Anyhow, I�m thinking of going trekking in Mongolia.

Have any of you been there, done that?

It�s probably a bit of a fantasy, but I want to buy a horse over there and just go for a few weeks (used to train horses for a living).

Is this feasible? Anyone done it?

[ThreeDogNight]

[gang ah jee]

[captain kirk]

no, but i recall some korean beer ad where mongels are tearing around on ponies and popping big bottles for a satisfying guzzle. you used to train horses and want to buy a horse and tour mongolia. hola, i wish i had your horse experience and i'd go too! the last i heard about something like that was the accupuncturist, who was a master trained in china. he told me that before he emmigrated the government gave him a horse and he travelled that chinese part near mongolia giving treatments. that place kind of fascinates me. that hardy nomadic people that expanded out of mongolia to cause so much trouble. you da man, like brad pitt in 'seven years in tibet'. sure like to see your adventures on this forum! like the freedom of a motorcycle but without the 'limiting' road.

[panthermodern]

I knew a couple who went to mongolia on a package tour about 3 years ago. They loved it. They slept in a Urt (sp?) and ate Mongolian BBQ right off a shield.

Thats all I know.


They had fun.

[Sucker]

Sorry, but I just have to reply to this one.

Your logic: hundreds of years ago people from Mongolia did bad and evil things to other people, therefore we should not visit there to appreciate the culture, natural landscape, etc as they (the "race" the country ??) are to be forever branded as evil.

Ah ha. So by your logic nobody should visit Germany (WW2) nobody should go to Japan, hell what about America (Native Americans / Slavery), Australia (Aboriginies, the government sponsered genocide of the Tasman Aboriginies).

History is bloody. The majority of the world's cultures/races/countries/whatever have blood on their hands from some point in their histories.

Judging a group of people (or in your case an entire country) based on the actions of a different group of people who died hundreds of years ago is blatantly racist.

And then you qquestion the level of my education?

[captain kirk]

i guess you're referring to threedognight's quote of your post with propped spelling mistakes as questioning the level of your education? if not my saying 'causing so much trouble' simply meant 'full of beans', 'vitality'. that same stock tore around like a biker gang, raising havoc, like vikings and i'd be sincerely interested to visit the decendants and their country. that's pure energy and life, loads of it. it can be used for good or bad but those folks have 'something'. koreans are proud to think of them as their forefathers. it's something entirely different, a fantastic adventure, and i ENVY your ability to ride and actually do such a trip. those mongels sure weren't shut ins, and neither will you be.

[rapier]

Met a mongolian women here last year. She was cool. Showed me photos of the country and her home town etc. It looks like a deserted, windswept wilderness. Doesn't look like there were any bars or amusements in the settlements, so don't expect much in the way of entertainment.
Depends what you're going there for. If you're into some real, ancient culture, awesome scenery, friendly people, I reckon it'd be a great adventure.

[schwa]

For current info & specific accurate answers to your questions, I suggest you take a look at lonelyplanet.com & their 'thorntree' forum. Wonderful resource for travel plans.

[Zed]

I spent a few days with a family in a Ger (Yurt) in 2002. Great experience. Bring some veggies with you from Ulan Baator. There's nothing but meat and dairy out there in the Gobi. I'd like to go back and spend some time in the south where the desert in more sand and less scrub grass as it was where I was. Good people.

[just because]

I met a Mongolian girl about 2 and a half years ago for a little fling while I was travelling through China. She was a very interesting and the place has interested me since.

I know a person who lived in Ulan Baator for a year and said it was awful though. he said Korea was like heaven compared to there.

[funplanet]

Mongolians are great and friendly people...hard to imagine Koreans are somewhat descended from 'em..

[Zed]

But the asscheek never lies!!

[Tiger Beer]