Mongolia

Mongolia
Information
Language:	Mongolian
Capital:	Ulan Bator
Population:	2,951,786
Currency:	Tögrög (MNT)
Hitchability:	?
More info:	AVP Free Encyclopedia (Russian)
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If you plan to hitch in Mongolia, it is good to know that drivers expect to be paid. Before entering the car bargain for the price and expect a jam-packed car, packed with amazingly friendly people! Expect flat tyres, overheating jeeps and not much more than 100km a day.

But of course you can get free rides! One big problem is to make them understand that and understand them.

Hitchhiking in the far west: Bayan Oelgi, is very hard to hitch. It took Worldhitch 2 weeks from the Russian border in Bayan Oelgi to Ulan Bator. Getting a Chinese visa is easy in Ulan Bator, Russian is not so easy – like in any other place.

Cities

• Ulan Bator (capital)
• Bayan Oelgi

Roads

There are just some hundreds of km of paved road from Ulan Bator in some directions and that's it. No roads, no signs. The trunk roads out of Ulan Bator are paved and reasonably trafficked. Be careful if you walk out of the cities, along the roads so you don't get lost, and take water with you. Confusingly, names of cities equal names of states, so make sure city and state match.

Border Crossing

To China

Hitchhiking from Ulan Bator to Zamyn Yyd (Chinese border) it is not too difficult. The road (half of the way down is paved) stays close to the Transmongolian Railway and gives you the security not to die of thirst. Worldhitch also got a lift by the great Defektoskop train.

Sleeping

Camping is great in Mongolia.