Readers' great railway journeys: crossing Mongolia - Telegraph

Readers' great railway journeys: crossing Mongolia - Telegraph: "Mongolia is of such epic proportions that it often seems that the curve of the planet is visible over the horizon. Occasionally there's a yurt or a cluster of yurts in the middle of corn farms spanning miles and miles. Horses — sometimes 50 of them — gallop alongside the train before changing direction and melting into the distance. At other times there’s just one, loaded down with a rider and some luggage. Sometimes the horses are in the form of the biggest chalk carvings you can imagine, etched out of the side of miles of rolling hills.
Sizzling hot plates in the shape of a cow are placed before us, and a small mountain of purple sugared cabbage accompanies it. We are in the Mongolian food car and it’s not a million miles away from a moving "

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Mongolia: Nomadic Life in the 21st Century « AARP

Mongolia: Nomadic Life in the 21st Century « AARP: "Our next big destination along the historic Trans-Siberian Railway was Mongolia. As we left the hustle and bustle of Moscow, I was eager to experience how life in this large expanse of terrain would unfold.
I had known some of the country’s history even since grammar school when I had read about the great Genghis Khan, but I really had no idea what to expect as I made the 6,000 mile journey across the Russian steppes into Siberia and through the Gobi Desert to the capital city Ulaanbaatar. We began our trip in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, and I was anxious to take it all in."

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