The owner of UB Guesthouse, Kim from Korea, picked us up at the airport in Ulan Bator
Lyngve organizes his stuff in the 8-bed large apartment in Ulan Bator
Eric and Sigbjørn are planning the next steps in Ulan Bator
Sigbjørn, Jardar and Lyngve are out looking for an ATM
Lyngve puts together his bike in the messy room
Demonstration at Suhbaatar Square
Lyngve and some local kids at Suhbaatar Square
Lyngve, Eric and Sigbjørn at Suhbaatar Square
The parlament building at Suhbaatar Square
Local kids at Suhbaatar Square
Jardar bikes in front of the parlament building at Suhbaatar Square
Eric and Jardar surrounded by curious Mongolians at Shubaatar Square
Lyngve checks the map in order to find the Gandantegchinlen Monastery in Ulan Bator
Lyngve and Sigbjørn enter the Gandantegchinlen Monastery
Sigbjørn buys a bag of birdseed from a young seller.
Sigbjørn, Eric and Lyngve feed the birds at Gandantegchinlen Monastery
Jardar, Sigbjørn and Eric in front of Gandantegchinlen Monastery
20 m tall Buddha statue in Ghandantegchinlen Temple, Ulan Bator
Lyngve looks after the bikes while Sigbjørn, Eric and Jardar visit Gandantegchinlen Monastery
A Ger (mongolian tent) with wheels, but probably not movable
Jardar and Lyngve eat and drink at our favourite restaurant in Ulan Bator
Eric and Sigbjørn enjoy the excellent food in Ulan Bator
Jardar, Eric and Sigbjørn in front of Choijim Lama Museum, Ulan Bator
A russian monument of fallen soldiers on a hilltop some few kilometres away from the city of Ulan Bator. Lyngve in front.
Locking the bi-cycles before we walk up to the Russian monument in Ulan Bator
On top of the hill where the Russian memorial is. From left: Eric, Sigbjørn and Jardar.
Well organized settlements outside of Ulan Bator
Overview of the valley where Ulan Bator is located
Overview of Ulan Bator. Eric, Jardar and Sigbjørn.
Gigantic Russian monument in memory of fallen Russian soldiers.
Eric tries to get some sleep in the messy room in UB Guesthouse
Sigbjørn, Eric and Lyngve walk the streets of Ulan Bator on a cold and snowy day
We bought two weeks of food supplies at the State Department Store in Ulan Bator
Our food supplies for two weeks in the Gobi desert
Delicious food in Ulan Bator
Sigbjørn walks with his bicycle in Ulan Bator
Ulan Bator suburbs
Trial run some few kilometres outside of Ulan Bator to check the road and snow conditions before departure the next day
3 nomads along the highway outside of Ulan Bator
A Mongolian girl outside of Ulan Bator
Sigbjørn and Eric some few kilometres outside of Ulan Bator
About 20 km from Ulan Bator. We are pointing in the direction of where we'll be going on April 10th
In the suburbs of Ulan Bator
Sigbjørn in the suburbs of Ulan Bator
A monument in Ulan Bator
Petrol for our stove, which would be frequently used in the Gobi desert
Kim, the owner of UB guesthouse, together with Sigbjørn, Lyngve and Eric
We are packing our stuff and making ready to leave Ulan Bator, the ultimate start of the expedition
Sigbjørn, a couple of hours after the start from Ulan Bator
A russian truck at a petrol station just beneath the first mountain pass south of Ulan Bator
The snow didn't cause any major problems for us
Shortly before our first lunchbreak south of Ulan Bator
We are making ready for a lunch break
Nomads south of Ulan Bator
Two friendly locals in the mountain village. They invited us for dinner, but we rejected. We had our own food and did not take any risks to get sick the very first day on the bikes.
Sigbjørn tries to get control of the wild horse
We had to watch this kid carefully, because he tried to steal our Leatherman knife at several occasions
A local kid dressed in Mongolian nomad style clothes
The snow has finally disappeared from the nicely paved road
Eric on his way to Gobi
The road and the railway are never far away from eachother
Lyngve has arrived a mountain pass, which had a large cairn and prayer flags
Two friendly Mongolian policemen along the road, approx 80 km south of Ulan Bator
