The first impression is that of a sparsely populated country. Now and again you can see the tents of a nomad family in the distance or the masts of a power line - but then nothing but steppe for hours. This expanse gives you a feeling of freedom, but travellers like us do need the basic requirements and the drivers know where they are...

The closer we get to the Mongolian capital, the better the roads become - some of them even asphalted, but then the traffic also increases. Arrived in Ulaan Baatar - although the city has more than one million inhabitants, the chance of making interesting encounters that would be worth telling of. People here are always in a hurry, stressed because they can't find a parking space or are stuck in traffic jams - just like we are back home.