Novosibirsk, Russland, kl. 21:00

DSC07471Hallo oll somul.  Russland kemur sifellt a ovart.  Su imynd af Russlandi sem madur er alinn upp vid er greinilega kolrong.  Madur helt ad um leid og madur kaemi innfyrir landamaerin yrdi allt gratt og skitugt  !  Thad er odru naer.  Russland er fallegt land og mjog graent.  Vestan vid Ural fjollin er landid meira og minna skogi vaxid en her austan vid eru meiri slettur.  Vafalaust ma finna thennan graa og skituga lit sem madur ser alltaf fyrir ser, en vid hofum ekki fundid hann.  Vid hofum tho ekki leitad serstaklega, en ma ekki alltaf finna skit og drullu hvar sem er, ef bara leitad er nogu mikid !!  I dag komum vid til borgarinnar Novosibirsk, sem er 3ja staersta borg Russlands, a eftir Moskvu og Petursborg.    Ibuar eru um 1.500.000, sem sagt mjog stor borg.  Hun er hofudborg Siberiu.  Ja og tha ma nefna thad, ad vid erum semsagt komnir til Siberiu.  Vid forum hedan i suduratt og til landamaera Mongoliu, og aettum ad vera thar a thridjudaginn.  En adur en vid forum thangad inn vantadi okkur betra landakort og einnig erum vid ad spa i ad kaupa okkur ny framdekk til ad hafa med okkur.  Thau dekk verda kubbadekk.  Vid erum med kubbadekk ad aftan med okkur og viljum geta sett undir ad framan lika.  Thad getur verid otrulega erfitt ad hemja framendan a hjolunum thegar thau eru svona thung.  Jardvegurinn her er lika thannig ad ef thad rignir verdur hann algjor drulla, sleipt og omurlegt.  Vid semsagt akvadum ad nota taekifaerid DSC07483og gera thennan dag og nott ad borgarferd.  Thvi vid hofum  ju fordast allar borgir hingad til.  Eftir toluvert brolt vid ad finna hotel her i midborginni, thar sem tolud er einhver enska, og einnig adgangur ad tolvu og geymsluplass fyrir hjolin, fundum vid thetta hotel, Hotel Sibirsk.  Stort og fint hotel en ca einum aratug a eftir okkur a vesturlondum i utliti og taekni.  En folkid gerir sitt besta og er gott vid okkur.  Eitt skemmtilegt sem eg tok eftir thegar naer dro borginni, og mjog aberandi inni i borginn, er ad naer allir bilar her, fyrir utan Lodurnar og Volgurnar ad sjalfsogdu, eru med styrid vitlausu megin !  Skyringin er einfaldlega su, ad Russar fara til Japans og kaupa odyra notada bila thar og flytja inn i landid.  Thetta er mjog fyndid og skritid, thvi thad er annar hver bill svona her.  En, hvad gerir madur ekki til ad losna vid ad kaupa Lodu !!  Annad sem er mjog serstakt her og svosem annarsstadar i Russlandi er lugumenningin theirra.  Naer allt er afgreitt i gegnum litlar lugur.  Thad eru lugur a bensinstodvunum, thad er luga vid isbudina og thad fyndnasta var i gaer thegar vid komum a enn einn vegagististadinn.  Babuskan sem redi ollu tok a moti mer og thetta var i nylegu husi, og sagdi mer ad fylgja ser, eftir ad eg var buinn ad spyrja um gistingu og verd.  Vid gengum semsagt um nokkrar troppur og thar var gestamottakan og hvad haldid thid,  hun for a bakvid og opnadi svo littla lugu og thar for svo skraningin og greidslan fram !!  Otrulegt en satt.    Vid logdum af stad i morgun um kl. 8 og tokum strax stefnuna hingad.  Vid vourm komnir hingad um kl. 2.  Thad var frekar kalt a leidinni, vindur en bjart og um 12 gradur.  Ekkert markvert gerdist a leidinni, annad en ad a einum stad thurftum vid ad stoppa skyndilega thvi ungur madur stokk ut a veginn og veifadi mikid.  Thetta var tha strakur a leid eitthvert a litlu vespunni sinni og var tharna bensinlaus.  Ad sjalfsogdu hjalpudum vid straknum, og tokum pinulitid af tanknum a odru hjolinu okkar og notudum til thess hivertinn okkar, ( fyrir tha sem ekki vita, tha er hivert DSC07458einfold slanga sem notud er vid ad taka ur bensintank og lata leka i brusa ).  Thetta gekk hratt og vel, enda vanir menn a ferd og strakurinn stod stjarfur og hofdi a thessa aevintyramenn leysa malin a sinn hatt.  Trulega var thetta mesti lukkudagur arsins hja straknum, og veifadi hann mikid og lengi og brosti breitt thegar hann for.  En nog i bili.

 

Hi everybody. Russia is full of surprises, I’ll tell you that. The country which I was told about while growing up and said to be Russia is definitely not this country. I thought that as soon as I’d cross the border everything would turn gray and dirty! That’s definitely not the truth. Russia is a beautiful country and is actually pretty green. West of the Ural Mountains the land is pretty much covered in forests and on the east side there are more plains. I’m sure you could find this gray and dirty color I was told about in youth but we haven’t seen it yet. It’s not like we’ve been searching extremely hard, but I’d bet that you can find this uglyness everywhere if you just look for it hard enough. Today we reached the city of Novosibirsk, which is the 3rd biggest city in Russa behind Moskow and Petersburg. The population is around 1,5 million here. It’s the capitol of Siberia – so it’s obvious that we are now in Siberia. We’ll go south from here to the border of Mongolia and we should be there by Tuesday. But we neede a better map of Mongolia first and we’re still thinking about buying new front tires to have with us. Those tires will be rougher. It can be hard to contain the front part of the bike when it’s so heavy and the ground is also often wet so conditions can be tough. But we decided to use the opportunity and spend this day and night in the city but we’ve been avoiding all cities until now. We found a hotel, Hotel Sibirsk, after a good while but there’s spoken some English here and there’s even an internet connection. It’s a nice hotel even though it’s about 10 years behind the Western hotels in appearences and technology. It’s funny to see that almost 1 out of 2 cars here have the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car! The explaination is probably that Russians import cheap cars from Japan. They’ll do everything to avoid buying a Lada! Another strange thing here is that almost everything here is served through hatches. A fun example of that is when I was at on of the rooming houses yesterday and I was asking the lady if we could stay and how much it would be. She told me to follow her and walked upstairs and finally got to reception desk and what do you know, she went behind a small hatch and that’s when she started talking to me again. We started riding atround 8 am in the morning and we were headed to Novosibirsk were we are now. We arrived around 2 pm and it was rather cold and vindy on the way. Nothing important happened on the way beside one incident when we had to stop because a young man jumped on the road and started waiving his hands. We found out that it was just a young man who was travelling on his motor schooter and was now out of gas. We helped him of course and took some of the gas from one of the bikes. Everything went smooth and fast and the boy was nothing but happyness. But that’s enough for now, ttyl. - Sverrir


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Sęlir veriš žiš bręšur. Takk fyrir svörin, žaš er gaman aš heyra frį ykkur og įstęšu žess aš žiš ętliš aš fį ykkur kubba dekk. Mjög skiljanlegt.

Ég var ašeins aš velta fyrir mér, muniš žiš fara ķ gegnum borgina Kyzyl og sķšan žį leišina inn ķ Mongolķu ķ gegnum Tyva lżšveldiš? - Ef svo er žį er žetta ferlega flott leiš en mun hugsanlega verša ykkur erfiš. Ekki mikiš af "high class" vegum žarna ķ gegnum Tyva (Tuva).  

Hvaš eru hjólin hjį ykkur žung, svona frį degi til dags.

Ef žiš fariš inn ķ Mongolķu og sķšan aftur ķ noršur inn ķ Rśssland og sķšan žašan austur eftir Sķberķuaustur brautinni, žį muniš žiš fara fram hjį borginni Angarsk ķ Rśsslandi žar sem ég žekki til. Og einnig muniš žiš fara framhjį Irkusk žar sem ég žekki lķtillega til.  Sama er aš segja um vatniš Baikla, sem ég minntist į hér fyrir nokkru. En mig langar bara rétt aš żtreka viš ykkur aš ef žiš hafiš tķma til aš skoša Baikal žį er žaš frįbęr stašur til aš skoša. Vatniš er į heimsminjaskrį Unesco og er įhugavert. En leišin ykkar frį Mongolķu upp inn ķ Siberķu mun liggja fyrir sunnan og austan vatniš į leišinni austurśr.

En ef žiš fariš til Irkusk og nįlęgt Angarsk get ég śtvegaš ykkur gistingu žar og ašstoš ef žiš žurfiš žess. Og aš sjįlfsögšu įn endurgjalds. Koana mķn er ęttuš frį Angarsk, lķtill heimur er žaš ekki. Žaš er rétt um 1 klst akstur frį Irkusk til Angarsk.  

 Kęr kvešja og gangi ykkur allt aš óskum.

Hermann 

Hermann Valsson (IP-tala skrįš) 27.5.2007 kl. 23:24

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Jį žiš ętliš aš kaupa góš kort af Mongolķu, žaš er gott mįl. Var aš skoša žaš sem hęgt er aš sjį ķ gegnum WWW.Yahoo.com, www.google.com og google earth aš leišin ķ gegnum Mongolķu er lķklega erfiš og skemmtileg.  Žaš er mikiš net af vegum sem hęgt er aš sjį ķ gegnum žessar netveitur og liggja žvers og kruss ķ gegnum Mongolķiu į leiš til Ulan-Bator.

En žaš sem er skemmtilegt viš žessar netveitur er aš žaš er mį nį hnitum žar sem vegir skerast į leiš ykkar til Ulan-Bator. Ef žiš viljiš žį get ég nįš žessum hnitum nišur og sent ykkar. En ekki get ég įbyrgst aš žessi hnit séu 100% nįkvęm en žaš mį kanski nota žau til hlišsjónar.

Kvešja Hermann 

Hermann Valsson (IP-tala skrįš) 28.5.2007 kl. 00:01

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Gaman aš fį aš fylgjast meš ykkur svona heiman śr stofu. Var aš klįra aš horfa į Long Way Round žęttina og skil žvķ betur hvaš žiš eruš aš ganga (hjóla) ķ gegnum.

Gangi ykkur vel !

Įsgeir Örn

www.aukaraf.is

Įsgeir Örn (IP-tala skrįš) 28.5.2007 kl. 04:07

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Ég er ekki viss um aš žessi grein um mótorhjólaferšir ķ miš Mongólķu muni hjįlpa ykkur, en hśn gęti kanski gefiš ykkur smį hugmynd um hvaš hvaš er ķ boši fyrir feršalanga sem feršast į hjólum ķ Mongolķu. Žetta eru feršir į vegum http://www.mongolia.co.uk/group_motorcycle_short_route.htm 

Lęt feršaplan žeirra fylgja. Kanski gętuš žiš séš einhverja įhugaverša staši į leiš ykkar ķ gegnum Mongolķu ķ įttina til Ulan-Bator. Gaman aš geta žess aš žetta fyrirtęki notar Yamaha hjól ķ sķnum feršum 

Kvešja Hermann 

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 Motorbike Tour In Central Mongolia

22nd - 28th Sept 2007 from Euros 1395 (extra dated tour)

Motorbike Tours In Mongolia ©OTMT

If you have just one week to experience touring in Mongolia, do it by motorbike. Covering a distance of over 1000 km you will enjoy the vast open steppe and beautiful Khangai mountains of Central Mongolia, as well as riding through the valley which was the capital of Genghis Khan's great Mongol Empire 800 years ago. Most of the tracks are packed mud or rocky jeep tracks and the motorcycle trail is not technically difficult, so you can thoroughly enjoy the fantastic scenery as you ride off-road enduro bikes through Mongolia’s central provinces.

Motorcycling Tours In Mongolia ©OTMT

Day By Day Itinerary

   
22 Sept: Arrive Ulaanbaatar for your motorcycle tour in Mongolia. Transfer to hotel. Spend the rest of the day sightseeing or just relaxing. Overnight hotel
   
23 Sept: Start motor bike riding across Mongolia. Get out of the city and immediately enjoy the vast space which is Mongolia’s trademark. You can often see for 50km or more in every direction with not a single building in sight. Mountains are always on the horizon and in the distance we get a glimpse of golden sand dunes as a belt of desert crosses the central steppe. Overnight ger camp at the foot of a great granite mountain.
   
24 Sept: Ride the motor bikes for just over an hour to reach Kharkhorin in the Orkhon valley. It is hard to believe that this quiet and peaceful place was once the capital of the largest Empire the world has ever known. A few centuries after the demise of the Empire, a large Buddhist monastery was founded here and we can visit the fascinating temples enclosed within a wall of 108 giant stupas. Afternoon motorcycle up into the Khangai mountains to ger camp on the edge of the forest.
   
25 Sept: Early morning get up and relax in outdoor hot mineral baths fed by boiling spring waters bubbling up from the earth. Ride down to Tsetserleg town, the capital of Arkhangai province. See the local market and take lunch in a popular restaurant before continuing on to Ikh Tamir. We won’t go along the main road, but will take a roundabout scenic route crossing three dramatic mountain passes to arrive at our ger camp beside the sacred Taikhir rock.
   
26 Sept: Ride first along tracks beside the Tamir river, then head off in a north-easterly direction across the wild open steppe. This area is of great historical significance and was the centre for earlier Empires in the 7th and 8th centuries. We may see some of the ancient stone sculptures dating from this period which are dotted about the countryside. Overnight ger camp near to a lake which is known for its abundant bird life.
   
27 Sept: Return to Ulaanbaatar across the mountains and meadows of Overkhangai and Tuv provinces to complete this amazing motorcycle touring adventure in Mongolia. This is a long days drive, but by now you will have got used to Mongolia’s road conditions. Arrive back in Ulaanbaatar city in the evening. Overnight hotel.
 
 Motorbike Tour In Central Mongolia


 

Hermann Valsson (IP-tala skrįš) 28.5.2007 kl. 13:08

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Frįbęrt hjį ykkur, ég hugsa hlżlega til ykkar žegar ég er aš keyra um Alpana hérna ķ Swiss, barįttukvešjur frį okkur fjölskyldunni ķ Swiss, Beggi, Žóra, Żr og Jökull

Beggi Jonsson (IP-tala skrįš) 28.5.2007 kl. 14:20

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Hér fyrir skömmu žį spurši ég hvort žiš ętliš aš fara ķ gegnum Rśssnesku borgina Kyzyl og žašan inn ķ Mongolķu. Žetta var byggt į leišinni sem žiš höfšuš teiknaš inn į heimshnötinn. Žar var leišin ykkar teiknuš ķ gegnum Tuva og žašan inn ķ Mongolķu.

Eftir aš hafa skošaš góš landakort og lesiš ķ gegnum bękurnar frį Lonely Planet og The Bradt Travel Guide um Mongolķu, žį held ég aš žiš muniš ekki geta komist ķ gegnum Tuva og žašan inn ķ Mongolķu. Žaš er enginn vegur sem liggur frį Tuva og inn ķ Mongolķ. Eftir žvķ sem ég best fę séš žį muniš žiš žurfa aš koma inn ķ Mongolķu mun vestar en leišin ykkar er teiknuš. Er žaš ekki vegur sem heitir M-52 sem liggur aš landamęrum Mongoliu?

Eftir žvķ sem ég fę best séš žį žurfiš žiš aš fara ķ gegnum borgina Kosh Agach sem er ķ Rśsslandi rétt viš landmęrin aš Mongolķu.

Žaš eru žrjį meginleišir žegar komiš er innķ Mongolķu į leišinni til Ulaanbaator.

Leiš 1 ķ gegnum noršurhluta Mongolķu

Ulaangom, 49-58.764, 92-4.028
Mörön, 49-38.143,100-9.321
Bulgan, 48-48.436, 103-32.213
Ulaanbaator, 47-55.056, 106-55.007

Leiš 2 ķ gegnum mišhluta Mongolķu

Ulaangom, 49-58.764, 92-4.028
Mešfram vatninu Khyargas
Tsetserleg, 47-28.561, 101-27.282
Ulannbaator, 47-55.056, 106-55.007

Leiš 3 ķ gegnum sušurhluta Mongolķu

Ölgi, 48-58.070, 92-0.411
Khovd, 48-0.430, 91-38.474
Altai, 45-49.115, 92-15.497
Bayanhongor, 46-11.637, 100-43.115
Arvaikheer, 46-15.941, 102-46.724
Ulaanbaator, 47-55.056, 106-55.007

Žessi hnit eru tekin śr töflu į bls 265 ķ bókinni Mongolia gefin śt af Lonely Planet 2005.

Žau eru birt sem Lattitude (N) og Longitude (E)

Allar žessar žrjįr leišir ķ gegnum Mongolķu eru frįbęrar, mikiš af mjög įhugaveršum stöšum til aš stoppa og fį sér kaffisopann og njóta śtsżnis. Ef žiš viljiš žį vęri žaš bara mjög gaman aš senda ykkur upplżsingar um įhugaverša staši į žeirri leiš sem žiš muniš velja.

Vona aš allt gangi aš óskum, kvešja Hermann

Hermann (IP-tala skrįš) 28.5.2007 kl. 16:46

7 Smįmynd: Sverrir Žorsteinsson

Sęll Hermann..fyrir hönd Sverris žį žakkar hann góš rįš sem ég reyndi aš segja honum  įšan ķ sķmanum ķ sem einföldustu mįli og einnig sendi ég honum leiširnar meš sms. Hann gęti trśaš aš hann komist ķ tölvu ķ Ulaanbaator og veršur žį vęntalega ķ sambandi žar.   kvešja, Herdķs

Sverrir Žorsteinsson, 29.5.2007 kl. 16:53

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