What bike?: The majority of Mongolia (in 2015 at least) was made up dirt roads and horse tracks. Sometimes, I asked to pitch my tent next to a ger, but I was often invited inside to stay with families as a result. With not a whole lot of private land, you can pretty much pitch a tent anywhere. Routes: I loved the ride from Tsetserleg to the North side of Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake and from Ulaangom to UlgiiĬamping: Without a doubt, one of the best places for wild camping. So, if you like space and remoteness – a trip across this amazing country is probably for you. The country also has one of the lowest population densities on the planet. They fed me homemade noodles and suutei tsai (a milky, salty tea). I was often invited to stay with families in their gers (yurts).
Being a nomadic country, the people are also incredibly welcoming and accustomed to travellers, because it is ingrained in the culture. The landscape ranged from wide open steppe, pine forests, desert and mountains in the west. Wide open, vast and fenceless – it was a journey that for me, defined freedom. Why?: In my mind, Mongolia just may be one of the last frontiers for adventure travel. These are routes that I cycled from 2011-2019 so obviously some of the information will not be up to date, but I hope it gives a decent overview. Where have I been on my bike?: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Canada, USA, Chile, Argentina, Greece, Nepal The order of least to most favourite changes often! While I have only been to maybe 10% of all countries, here is a list of my 10 favourite places I have ridden my bike. I have cycled in 21 countries covering approximately 37,000km around this beautiful planet. With some forced downtime from travel due to Covid-19, I have had some time to reflect.
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