Taylors Travels continue……………

We just got back from a trip with our boss Chinbat to his farm at Tsagaanuur which is in the very north of Mongolia, running along the Mongolian/Russian (Siberia) border.  The scenery was spectacular with the fall colours making the landscape look like an oil painting. 

We drove right up to the Russian border and managed to take a couple of shots before the guards spotted us with our cameras and shooed us away. Not wanting to experience their hospitality, we complied. 

The following morning we went on a tour of the farm to check the wheat and potato crops, unexpected late rains were hampering the harvest. This image was taken from a hill on the farm and cannot do the view justice, we could see for miles in all directions with the distant mountains and Selenge River snaking its way through his land. Mongolia - land of blue sky - is a beautiful country.

We went for a walk into the local village of Terelj at lunchtime, it was a busy day at the Grocery Store, with customers “parking” their horses outside.

Most of the outside lighting has been installed and we tested it a couple of nights ago.  I think its pretty spectacular.

We spent the last few days at Terelj and I took a batch of progress photos, then dug through my archives and found some taken back in 2004 when the project was just getting started. 

Looking through the new front pedestrian gate

It’s been a lot of hard work to get to this stage but these ‘before and after’ shots tell the story.

Front entrance August 2004

and August 2007

Main staircase, August 2004

and now……