Words & Photography Jacques Marais
Mongolia is a rare find. This ancient land has retained its unique character, even after decades of successive colonial-style rule by Russia and China, and has recently regained a long lost independence. The heady days of an all-powerful Genghis Khan ruling over a vast empire are gone. The country is one of Asia’s last and untouched adventure destinations, a place where time and tradition seem to rewind a thousand years. Mongolia is the world’s seventh largest country. There is in excess of 1,6 million square kilometres of space to explore. A mere 2,7 million people inhabit the 21 aimags (or provinces). However you move around, you will have most of the steppes (expanses of grass-covered slopes) to yourself.

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