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  • Air Flight Schedule - Mongolia EzNis Airways -
      Destination Flight number Flight days Departure Arrival Effective date
    1 Ulaanbaatar –Dalanzadgad ZY 955 .2..5.. 08:10 09:40 2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Dalanzadgad-Ulaanbaatar ZY 956 .2..5.. 10:05 11:30
    2 Ulaanbaatar - Murun ZY 951 .2..5.. 12:00 13:35 2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Murun - Ulaanbaatar ZY 952 .2..5.. 14:00 15:25
    3 Ulaanbaatar - Choibalsan ZY 909 1.3.5.. 16:00 17:35 2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Choibalsan -Ulaanbaatar ZY 910 1.3.5.. 18:00 19:50
     
    4
    Ulaanbaatar- Bayankhongor ZY 941 ..3.... 08:00 09:25  
    2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Bayankhongor-?ltai ZY 941 ..3.... 09:50 11:05
    Altai - Bayankhongor ZY 942 ..3.... 11:30 12:45
    Bayankhongor- Ulaanbaatar ZY 942 ..3.... 13:10 14:35
     
    5
    Ulaanbaatar -?ltai ZY 941 .....6. 08:00 10:10 2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    ?ltai -Ulaanbaatar ZY 942 .....6. 10:35 12:45
     
     
    6
    Ulaanbaatar- Bayankhongor ZY 975 ……7 13:30 14:55  
    2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Bayankhongor-Donoi ZY 975 ……7 15:20 16:40
    Donoi- Bayankhongor ZY 976 ……7 17:05 18:25
    Bayankhongor- Ulaanbaatar ZY 976 ……7 18:50 20:10
    7 Ulaanbaatar- Donoi ZY 975 ...4... 14:00 16:20  
    2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Donoi- Ulaanbaatar ZY 976 ...4... 16:45 18:30
    8 Ulaanbaatar- Khovd ZY 993 .2.4..7 07:40 09:35 2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Khovd- Ulaanbaatar ZY 994 .2.4..7 10:00 13:25
    9 Ulaanbaatar- Ulaangom ZY 921 1..4.6. 13:30 15:20 2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Ulaangom- Ulaanbaatar ZY 922 1..4.6. 15:45 19:05
    10 Ulaanbaatar- Ulgii ZY 923 1.3..6. 07:00 09:00 2009.01.26 - 2009.03.08
    Ulgii- Ulaanbaatar ZY 924 1.3..6. 09:25 13:00
  • Chinggis Khaan's Cavalry Show -

    A performance called "The return of Chinggis Khaan after 800 years" was held first time year 2006 in Sergelen Soum, Tuv Aimag, Mongolia as part of the 800th anniversary of the Great Mongolian State. Reenactment of Chinggis Khaan's cavalry will be continue from July through August in 2008. The performance will take place 55 kilometers away from Ulaanbaatar, which is capital of Mongolia.

    The performance will show Chinggis Khaan and 500 of his thirteenth century powerful cavalrymen armed with swords, spears, bows and arrows in mock battle. In the spectacle two armies will meet and clash weapons, with the cacophony of battle rising to a crescendo in the dust of steppe. It will demonstrate what were revolutionary battle techniques and tactics, especially the archery technique of shooting backwards while riding away.

    This performance will be of a great interest to anyone who wonders how Chinggis Khaan's cavalry managed to lay foundations for an empire governed much of Eurasia in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the largest land empire the world has ever known.

    Along with the performance there will be occurring many other events, including folk and modern Mongolian performing art shows. In addition, visitors can ride horses and camels, attend tsaatan urts, and take photos with warriors, buy traditional antiques and souvenirs, and enjoy Asian and European delicious dishes in cozy Ger-type restaurants.

    [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHY2SwDnyAQ]

    This is performance held yearly since 2006, but the organisation seems to change every year including the conct details and website. Please contact your travel agency for more information.
    The last known website was: http://www.chinggis-cavalry.mn/

  • EzNis Domestic Flights Mongolia Schedule 2008 -
    Flight schedule
    Winter, 2008-2009
     
    Destination Flight number Flight days Departure* Arrival* Effective date
    1 Ulaanbaatar Dalanzadgad ZY 955 Tuesday, Friday 08:10 09:40 Sep 28. 2008-Dec 31. 2008
    Dalanzadgad Ulaanbaatar ZY 956 Tuesday, Friday 10:05 11:30
    2 Ulaanbaatar Murun ZY 951 Tuesday, Friday 12:00 13:35 Sep 28. 2008-Dec 31. 2008
    Murun Ulaanbaatar ZY 952 Tuesday, Friday 14:00 15:25
    3 Ulaanbaatar Choibalsan ZY 909 Monday, Wednesday 08:00 09:35 Sep 28. 2008-Dec 31. 2008
    Choibalsan Ulaanbaatar ZY 910 Monday, Wednesday 10:00 11:50
    4 Ulaanbaatar Choibalsan ZY 909 Friday 14:30 16:05 Sep 28. 2008-Dec 31. 2008
    Choibalsan Ulaanbaatar ZY 910 Friday 16:30 18:20
    5 Ulaanbaatar Bayankhongor ZY 933 Monday, Thursday 12:20 13:45 Sep 28. 2008-Dec 31. 2008
    Bayankhongor Ulaanbaatar ZY 934 Monday, Thursday 14:10 15:30
    6 Ulaanbaatar Donoi ZY 975 Thursday 11:10 13:30 Sep 28. 2008-Dec 31. 2008
    Donoi Ulaanbaatar ZY 976 Thursday 13:55 15:40
    7 Ulaanbaatar Donoi ZY 975 Monday 11:10 13:30 Oct 13. 2008-Dec 31. 2008 
    (Once every 2 weeks)
    Donoi Ulaanbaatar ZY 976 Monday 13:55 15:40
    8 Ulaanbaatar Tosontsengel ZY 975 Monday 11:10 13:30 Oct 06. 2008-Dec 31. 2008 
    (Once every 2 weeks)
    Tosontsengel Donoi ZY 975 Monday 13:25 14:15
    Donoi Tosontsengel ZY 976 Monday 14:40 15:25
    Tosontsengel Ulaanbaatar ZY 976 Monday 15:50 17:25
    9 Ulaanbaatar Tosontsengel ZY 975 Monday 11:10 13:30 Dec 01. 2008-Dec 31. 2008 
    (Every week)
    Tosontsengel Donoi ZY 975 Monday 13:25 14:15
    Donoi Tosontsengel ZY 976 Monday 14:40 15:25
    Tosontsengel Ulaanbaatar ZY 976 Monday 15:50 17:25
     
      *- Local time
  • Train Schedule Ulaanbaatar Beijing Moscow Irkutsk 2008 -

    Incoming trips to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 

    From Beijing

    Train No Departure day & time Arrival day & time
    Chinese train 4 Wednesday, 07:45am Thursday 1:20pm
    Chinese train Tuesday, 07:45am Wednesday 1:20pm
    Additional train Monday 07:45am since June 11, 2007

    From Moscow

    Train No Departure day & time Arrival day & time
    Chinese train 4 Tuesday, 9:30pm Sunday, 07:30am
    Mongolian train 5/6 Thursday/Wednesday, 9:35pm Tuesday/Monday, 07:30am

    From Irkutsk

    Train No Departure day & time Arrival day & time
    Mongolian Train 264 Everyday 3:40pm Everyday 06:25am

     

    Outgoing trips from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

    To Ulan-Ude

    Train No Departure day & time Arrival day & time
    Mongolian train 263 Everyday 7:35pm Everyday 5:40pm

    To Irkutsk

    Train No Departure day & time Arrival day & time
    Mongolian train 263 Everyday 7:35pm 07:20 + 2am
    (36 hours on the way)
    Mongolian train 5 Thursday/Friday 1:50pm Saturday/Sunday 2:05pm

    To Moscow

    Train No Departure day & time Arrival day & time
    Chinese train 3 Thursday, 1:50pm Monday, 2:30pm
    Mongolian train 5 Tuesday/Friday, 1:50pm Saturday/Tuesday, 2:30pm

    To Beijing

    Train No Departure day & time Arrival day & time
    Chinese train 4 Sunday, 08:05am Monday 2:31pm
    Chinese train 24 Thursday 08:05am Saturday/Tuesday, 2:04pm
    Additional train Saturday 08:05am since June 09, 2007

    To Hohhot

    Train No Departure day & time Arrival day & time
    Mongolian train 34/33 Monday/Friday, 8:05pm Tuesday/Saturday, 8:49pm
Mongolia Web News

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Friday, 23 December 2005 18:05 Last Updated on Saturday, 24 December 2005 07:06

 
OYU TOLGOI, Mongolia -- When Robert Friedland got out of prison, he met Steve Jobs. The duo bounced around 1970s India, teamed with Woodstock emcee Wavy Gravy and communed on Friedland's Oregon orchard, credited with inspiring Jobs to name his company Apple Computer.
All that, of course, was before Friedland parlayed an abandoned Oregon gold mine into high-flying Galactic Resources, which helped turn a Colorado river into a Superfund site, costing him more than $20 million.
And before his next company struck nickel in Labrador, making him more than $360 million.

And before he got his drug conviction expunged, denied responsibility for the environmental debacle and landed on the Forbes billionaire list.

Jobs' story is well-known. But the latest chapter in Friedland's saga of risk and reward is playing out in this remote stretch of Outer Mongolia's Gobi Desert, where he has staked a claim bigger than Greece. The 52,000-square-mile license area contains copper and gold Friedland says could be worth $100 billion at the Oyu Tolgoi, or Turquoise Hill, site. Coal and other metals add more value.

Once again, Friedland, a master dealmaker, has the chance to prove himself a hero or a villain as he links prospectors, investors and officials with miners, markets and precious metals. The mine, which could cost $2.7 billion, will alter the Gobi environment and turbocharge Mongolia's economy.

Here, camels stroll past drill rigs and yurts. Herdsmen speak warmly of the suave, self-assured 55-year-old executive whose company helped them to move off site with the lure of new water wells and college tuition for their children. The mayor of the nearest town expects a boom that could bring the nation its first McDonald's.

Friedland says he's helping to build Mongolia -- a landlocked, sparsely populated country -- into the next Asian "tiger" economy.

"Nothing of this scale has been found on Planet Earth in the last 30 years," Friedland told investors last spring about his latest find, which explorers are drilling for core samples. "We can't find the limits of it."

Friedland chairs Ivanhoe Mines of Vancouver, British Columbia. He and his second wife, Darlene, have sold their Sydney, Australia, mansion to live in Hong Kong and Singapore. Friedland, a dual U.S. and Canadian citizen, operates a network of companies from plush 37th-floor offices in Singapore's Millenia Tower.


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