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Kiwi leads 1000km race in Mongolia

mongoliaonline — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:50:58 EDT

Satellite tracking indicates New Zealander Madonna Harris is leading the 1000-kilometre Mongol Derby.

The race on the Mongolian steppe got under way on August 7.

The 16 competitors must complete the race within 10 days, changing their native horses at specially set-up stations at intervals of no more than 40km.

Its promoters say the derby celebrates the horseback messen

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Mongolian marathon

mongoliaonline — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:18:26 EDT

Riders across the Steppe discover the meaning of 'post-haste' in the time of Genghis Khan, Minty Clinch writes

On August 22 last year, 25 riders weighed in for the inaugural Mongol Derby. The challenge was to cover nearly 1,000 kilometres from the start outside the old capital, Kharkhorin, a five-hour drive west of Ulan Bator, the present capital, to the finish in the Buryat vil

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Hunting the Wilds of Mongolia: And Marmots? And Marmots.

mongoliaonline — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:47:51 EDT

Should you find yourself hungry in the wilds of Mongolia, you may be surprised at the many options available. Aside from the usual foraged assortment of wild berries and the occasional mushroom, there are legions of succulent marmots in abundance. But before you break out your Le Creuset dutch oven and the herbes de Provence, you may want to consider the more traditional Mongolian preparation of

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Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset: One family's story

mongoliaonline — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:34:28 EDT

A group of SOFA-sponsored runners from Okinawa spent last week competing in the Mongolia 100K and 42K ultra-marathon running races.

Highlighting the group’s feats, Anna Boom took first in the women’s division and placed fifth overall in the 100K race. Two high school-aged students, Avery and Corinne Lennard, each took part in the 42K race;

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Mirfield horse rider Susi saddles up for Mongol Derby

mongoliaonline — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:38:27 EDT

A horse rider from Mirfield is preparing for the challenge of her life as she heads to Mongolia to take part in a 600 mile dash on horseback.

Susi Sadler is one of just a handful of British riders joining the epic race across the bleak Mongolian Steppe.

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Pair gear up for Mongolia rally

mongoliaonline — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:15:46 EDT

They've had a crash course in car mechanics and now two Oxford University graduates are gearing up for one last adventure before they start work.

Friends Lise Honsinger and Will Mulholland reckon they have done as much as they can to prepare their nine-year-old Suzuki Swift for a gruelling 10,000 mile drive.

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Mongolia rally drives off from Goodwood to Ulan Bator

mongoliaonline — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:29:38 EDT

Competitors set off from the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester on a 10,000-mile journey to Mongolia.

More than 400 teams are taking part in the event, which is limited to cars with an engine size of less than one litre. The teams, racing without emergency back-up vehicles, will travel through 15 countries to the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator for charity.

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Cornwall to Mongolia

mongoliaonline — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:11:03 EDT

The Mongol Rally is 10,000 miles of mountains, deserts, and bad roads.

Yet the prospect of no such luxuries as motorways and service stations certainly appeals to the adventurers of Cornwall.

The latest explorers to take up the Mongol Rally are David Sawyer and Matt Hawkins.

The duo have spent hours training for the event, or have they? Matt says the in

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2 Michigan natives to embark on journey to Mongolia

mongoliaonline — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:18:16 EDT

Two Michigan natives are going on the ultimate adventure to cross more than a third of the earth’s surface.

Ross Lewicki, 26, of Detroit and Todd Callahan, 25, a former Grosse Pointe resident, are gearing up for the 2010 Mongol Rally. It’s a thrilling and potentially dangerous international driving race hosted by a United Kingdom-based adventure company.

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Mongolia - Bizarre Foods - Travel Channel

mongoliaonline — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:10:18 EDT

Andrew Zimmern's Guide to Mongolia

Andrew travels to rugged Mongolia, where living off the land is part of the country's nomadic tradition. He eats foods prepared in ways he’s never seen before from a blowtorch barbecue to an animal carcass oven.

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The search for authenticity

mongoliaonline — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:53:01 EDT

The chance to watch a cultural performance in a foreign land can have the sensitive traveller in two minds.

On the one hand it's always exciting to get a taste of ancient cultures that somehow seem more real than your own. On the other there are often lingering doubts about how authentic it really is or whether you're responsible for the performers prostituting their traditions for mon

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Journalist hunts for acid-spitting Mongolian death worm

MATAP — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:48:44 EDT

Armed with explosives, two men are heading to Mongolia's Gobi Desert to find the fabled acid-spitting and lightning-throwing Mongolian death worm.

The worm has never been documented but some Mongolians are convinced it exists. They call it Allghoi Khorkhoi, or "intestine worm" because it resembles a cow's intestine and is about 1.5m long.

The worm apparently jumps out of

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Country profile: Mongolia | The Guardian

gaijin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:50:33 EDT

Facts and statistics on Mongolia including history, population, politics, geography, economy, religion and climate

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