Gers (yurts) on the shore of Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur, a lake in central Mongolia, during sunset. Mongolia offers adventurous travellers vast areas of unspoiled, unpopulated, natural scenery. Photos: TNS/Stuart Leavenworth
A few weeks ago, I was bouncing down a bumpy Mongolian highway, seated in a Russian-made UAZ van with my wife and two friends. Our driver was a larger-than-life character named Oyunbaatar, or Ogii. He wore a beret and as he gripped the steering wheel, dodging potholes, he’d occasionally bark out streams of mystifying Mongolian.
In Russia, a UAZ van is known as a Bukhanka, or bread loaf, because of its boxy appearance. With impressive suspension, these off-road vehicles can be seen across Mongolia, rugged as the country’s vast grasslands.
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