Walk across the steppe under the big blue sky Mongolia riding his two-wheeler is a dream shared by, I would dare to say, the totality of the travel lovers in motion. But it's not for everyone for various reasons, all linked to 3 common root causes, but to which everyone has a personal difficulty:
- Lack of Preparation
- Lack of time
- Lack of Money
Let's take the bull by the horns and examine these three “chronic deficiencies” one by one and understand how to deal with – or at least as I did this summer – and thus realize the dream of riding in Mongolia.
How much needs to be prepared?
The preparation should never be underestimated, and this applies not only for Mongolia but for any trip, It was also home to the baker.
For preparation mean not only the ability to safely conduct a motorbike on various terrains and also rough, but also to stay in the saddle for hours, to be ready to respond with a smile to many little unexpected that can happen from drilling, the storm, the fall, dysentery. So it's a mix of what you can do and how you do it: it takes the right attitude.
In addition to, as I described in What do you need for a trip to Mongolia, you have to know how to choose the things that make our case. Bring along a bunch of stuff is just a symptom of indecision and it will complicate the life on the road. Forget something useful, del resto, You can get in trouble. The preparation of the journey must therefore go hand in hand with the savings that are made for the same and you create slowly in the months prior to departure.
As for the pure preparation guide, I am of you should always face everything with the utmost humility. On a trip like this you do not need to be a enduro champions, but certainly be terrified of facing a ford could become a problem. Better start deal in time their limits so as not to embarrass even the travel companions, as well willing to give a hand to each other, They could also set limits to his patience.
So what preparation is an issue that should be dealt with yourself and as much as possible in time, there is no universal solution except being realistic and humble.
How long does it take?
From Milan to Ulan Bator, to take the shortest route through Russia, There are 9.000 km meter by meter more less. A journey of a few weeks to not wanting to ever stop needless to piss. But as we wondered from the start: as if I have just 20 days off?
If you go to the wheels it is definitely the travel trip, the solution is undoubtedly catch a plane to Ulan Bator and rent a bike on site.
In the past this could be difficult because of the lack of services and the fact of not knowing the local reality. Today everything is much simpler. The Marco Polo Team identified local correspondents, and we are thus able to plan it all. In two weeks you will not be able to see all of Mongolia, but surely you can see a part sufficiently representative. And, as I showed in this video, fun is guaranteed.
Just then that grab your helmet and get on the plane.
Obviously find everything ready and organized increases the account and then you get to the third problem to be addressed:
How much is needed for a trip to Mongolia?
That between the money and the trip is always a complicated relationship that gives rise to many discussions. Any motorcycle-traveler will tell you that traveling by bike costs a lot less than you think, the important thing is to adapt, make a virtue of necessity.
This can be true when you go alone in motion trying to economize on everything, very different is when you rely on an organized trip or even you organize a group to go to a country so far away.
To our advantage plays a purchasing power that when you go to countries like Mongolia for us considerably increases. Here life is cheaper and this allows us to “be more spenders”.
For my trip I spent about 3.500 Euro, without depriving me just about anything, on the contrary. I could expend less or even more. Considers that 1.200 EUR if there are only gone for the flight.
With the remaining 2.300 € I traveled for two weeks “doing the Lord”. There are many or few everyone has their own parameters, but what has understood this figure?
All breakfasts, lunches and dinners, tutti gli alloggi, all gasoline, the bike rental, the motorcycle insurance, carers from Italy and local ones, the supporting vehicle and the luggage transport. But the agency fee, travel insurance, visas and, non per ultimo, planning altogether by creating a travel group.
I could spend less? Forse sì, if I had arranged. But how long and with what difficulty I could arrange everything by himself? In group can.
The Marco Polo Team has identified the right people in Mongolia could ensure everything and being a group we could do a package that satisfied both us and them. This is definitely one of the highlights of the Marco Polo Team, Travelers who organize solidarity in a shrewd their shipments without exaggeration or skimp on either, ancor peggio, the squandering.
I do not think you can define prohibitive figures, but it is certainly a great expense and as such must be addressed in time. Consequently no good for everyone and for any time.
That said I am satisfied because the shopping experience such a journey is much longer lasting than a nest egg of money.
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