All trips in Mongolia begin at Ulaanbaatar, the beautiful capital of Mongolia because it is the only city in the country that has an international airport and railway system with the Trans-Siberian Railway connecting Russia and China through it. Ulaanbaatar was founded as a Buddhist monastic center in 1639 and changed locations twenty eight times [...]

In the 13th century, Karakorum was the ancient capital of the Mongol Empire and in the 14th and 15th century also included the Mongolian Qaghanate. The remains of the capital can be seen in the northwestern end of the Övörkhangai Province of Mongolia, close to the new town of Kharkhorin and the Erdene Zuu Monastery [...]