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Jul 15, 2012 - July 3 - Amarbayasgalant Monastery

We left Ulaanbaatar at 7.30 this morning for a 9 hour drive to Amarbayasgalant Monastery - not a huge distance but the roads were terrible! Lots of roadworks on the way out of town, then bitumen for quite a way, then a dirt road to the monastery. We are in two 4WD Russian vans, called furgons. They are the most reliable for the sort of trip we are doing, mostly off road, as they are very sturdy and uncomplicated mechanically. Our two leaders are Timur and Zula. It's Zula's first trip as a leader and Timur is staying for just a few days to...

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