Guide to Mongolia
Must See Mongolia
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Overview
Most people fly into Ulaan Baatar from Beijing, Berlin or Moscow. Organised tours also operate flights from Osaka and Seoul. The international Mongolian carrier is MIAT, which some wags claim stands for 'Maybe I'll Arrive Today'. Delayed and cancelled flights are common partly due to frequent poor weather conditions. The airport departure tax is around
The only other way foreigners can enter and leave Mongolia is on the Trans-Mongolian Railway, which links Beijing and Moscow. Border crossings are at Ereen-Zamyn-Üüd on the Chinese-Mongolian border, and Naushki-Sükhbaatar on the Russian-Mongolian border. Some travellers have reported crossing into Mongolia from Russia and China by jeep or bus, but technically this is still illegal.