First Steppe: Mongolia

[Bli55]

Just remembered to ask...
For the little roads and, especially, single tracks, did you have them on paper or GPS maps?
And which maps were they?

[bend27]

Nice one!

[zandesiro]

I just read it all now....

I really like your adv ride in Mongolia!

My respect....

[genghis9021]

+1

Originally Posted by zandesiro

i just read it all now....

I really like your adv ride in mongolia!

My respect....

[achesley]

Super great pics and super great story telling. Love the reports from that part of the world. I agree with your idea of the right bike for the right job, when possible. LOL! Spent 8 years and 100,000 miles on the might BMW GS 11**. Pave, Gravel, little mud. Also spent time on the DR350 on Gravel, pave and mud. Much more fun on gravel and mud than the GS was. But, sucked on the road trips. For what I do now and at my age, love my present stable. ;-) Thanks for all the work and time to bring us along with you guys .

[Moxy]

just read through this one for the second time....inspiring :)

[blackcaps]

This single track adventure is the way to do Mongolia. What a story. Would like to do it this way once. Thanks for the report.

Originally Posted by Joe Motocross

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-As we travel on we come to a town where we can stock up on food again.
-We dropped into a larger town where we picked up some more food and met a Canadian couple
-We ride out of town and cruise until we'd had enough.
-We passed through this small town and got supplies.
-Late in the day we passed through another town.
-We were able to get them to understand the next town we were headed for..
-At his place he pointed us to a short cut to the next town.
-After missing our turn and having to back track about 10km, we made it to the town we were hoping for.
-We had a breakthrough at this town when we learned how to obtain water.
-We made our way out of town and found another awesome campsite by the river.
-We passed through this small town and got supplies.
-Late in the day we passed through another town.
-We stopped for supplies in the next town.
-It was getting late in the day when we passed through the next town where we found a bottle of vodka..
-Late in the day we come into this logging town and restock.
-Later in the day we made it to the next town.
-We pulled into town with the wind continuing to be strong from the north.
-We don't even get out of town and Minxter goes down in a mud hole.
-We were able to navigate through all the mud holes and we arrive back in the town we were in two days ago.
-The dog bite took place in a town that we came to where we were able to replenish our patch kit...
-We ride out of town for a while as the sun gets lower and really lights up this awesome two track we're riding.
-At the next town we stocked up and enjoyed a frozen goat yogurt.
-Right out of town we had a fairly good sized river to cross.
-We attracted the usual crowd at the next town.
-We quickly came into a town hoping for gas.
-The next town; no power = no gas.
-We decided we couldn't leave this town without any.

Which town? Very sorry you did not provide more town and village names. The whole time reading I was wondering where you were driving.

And did I miss the gpx tracks? Would like to download them.

[bob66]

Here is a gps track from my travel to Mongolia in 2010 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2046710

Cristian

[mightys4]

Great report, inspiring!

I loved the camp with the bodies strewn about.... Man....vodka.....

Thank you for your trip!

[woodly1069]