Into Mongolia & Ulaanbaatar
July 31st to August 4th, 2009
Getting into Mongolia is not easy, at one point we had to wait at the Russian boarder for like six hours. We decided
to climb up this hill and check out the view.
Into Mongolia!
climbing...
amazing view from the train!
mellow hills everywhere...
and crickets!
Saying good-bye to the Russian trains, won't see those guys for a while!
And welcome to Mongolia, where sewers somehow never cover the whole...
Entering Mongolia was crazy, an amazing but also sketchy experience. Genghis Khan was there to protect us though!
We think that we made it far by train...Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire started expanding from the early 1200s to
1294 all the way from Mongolia to China, Stans, Middle East, White Russia to my ancestors home land, Hungary!
This was our friendly tourguide, Eegi! He showed us around town and showed us some amazing spots! Thank you
again, hope to be back soon!
First spot we get to skate in Ulaanbaatar turns out to be a bust. Stas was trying to drop down this Monument close
to the train station and a police officer came, who probably never seen Skateboarding before in his life, so he pretty
much took Stas (for Skating) and Alexey (for taking Photos) to the Police Station...
While we were waiting for Stas and Alexey to get out of the Police Office, these young kids were entertaining us with
their dog that kept taking a piss on them!
Alexey loved Mongolia!
Found some nice bank to Wall at a Gas Station. That's a spot which Cates loves the most, but he still had to deal
with his Angle injury from Moscow.
Mongolian people are really into their cars. One interesting fact that we observed in Mongolia, was that almost every
second car was brand new and nice... the Mongolians somehow get their cars used from Japan for cheap!
No more Lenins', its all about Genghis Khan in Mongolia!
Mongolian Kids are into Inline skates and Wave boards!
new generation.
The Huggies ads in Ulaanbaatar are just amazing!
Factories
Workers
John Tanner
Went to skate the Airport, they had a really steep drop in and a ditch! By this part of the trip, I think some people
wouldn't have minded taking an airplane to Beijing...
Sükhbaatar Square