Mongolia

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Photos of Mongolia, from the western border with Russia at Tsaagaanuur, through southern route across the country through Olgi, Khovd, Bayankhongor, Altai, Arvaikheer, and the capitol city of Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator).


  • A man tends to his herd of goats in Bayan-Ölgii Province, while watching a Mongol Rally convoy pass through the western-most province in Mongolia.
  • Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. The ger is a traditional dwelling used by the nomadic herders of Mongolia.
  • Workers paint the entrance to a recently constructed temple on a freshly paved section of the road to Ulaanbaatar. The vast majority of the roads in rural Mongolia are unpaved.
  • Erdene Zuu monastery in Övörkhangai Province dates to 1585 and is built adjacent to the former site of Karakorum, the city founded by Genghis Khan's successor Ögedei.
  • A family outside their home in Bayan-Ölgii Province, western Mongolia.
  • Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia.
  • A family prepares a meal for British and American Mongol Rally customers in Govi-Altai Province.
  • Govi-Altai Province
  • A man poses in his ger in Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia.
  • Olgii, Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia.
  • A truck carries a family's disassembled ger, among other things, in western Mongolia's Bayan-Ölgii Province.
  • Workers sift soil at a mining site in Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia.
  • Children from the village of Tsagaannuur, Mongolia evade the notice of officials while playing in and around the Tsagaannuur border checkpoint in Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia. The boys would enter the fenced checkpoint area to play among the vehicles entering from Russia, then quickly exit when officials appeared.
  • Men pour vodka onto a prayer mound overlooking downtown Ulaanbaatar while nearby a small crew films a Mongolian music video. Ancient shamanistic traditions have persisted in the modern practice of Buddhism in Mongolia.
  • Visitors feed pigeons in Gandantegchinleng Khiid Buddhist Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.
  • Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
  • Inside Gandantegchinleng Khiid Buddhist Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.
  • Inside Gandantegchinleng Khiid Buddhist Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.
  • Dusk falls in a neighborhood near Gandantegchinleng Khiid Buddhist Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.
  • A man rides his bicycle near Gandantegchinleng Khiid Buddhist Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.
  • A prayer mound overlooking Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
  • Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia
  • Fireworks in three locations across Ulaanbaatar commemorated the anniversary of the Kalkh River Battle victory.
  • Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
  • Near Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar.
  • At a construction site in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
  • Downtown Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
  • Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
  • The southern route from western Mongolia to Ulaanbaatar runs eastward through Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia.
  • A man's herd in Govi-Altai Province contains a mix of sheep and goats.
  • Horses gather around a puddle at a small town in Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia.
  • A herd of camels in Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia.
  • A man herds goats in Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia.
  • Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia.
  • A herdsman stands in his stirrups in Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia.
  • A man and boy on horseback herd camels in Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia.
  • A Eurasian Griffon Vulture leaves a Bactrian camel carcass in Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia
  • A herd of horses east of Darvi, roughly 1100km west of Ulaanbaatar.
  • Olgii Province in Western Mongolia.
  • Bayan-Ölgii Province in Western Mongolia.
Created 2 Oct 2009 | Last updated 22 Dec 2010