Road clue guides · Asia
How to recognise Mongolia from the road
Drives on the right
Endless grassland, wide skies and white felt tents. Mongolia is one of the emptiest places on Earth.
What to look for
1
Mongolian Cyrillic
Mongolian uses Cyrillic with two extra letters, ө and ү.
2
Gers
Round white felt tents, called gers, stand on the steppe and even in town suburbs.
3
Treeless steppe
Much of the country is rolling, treeless grassland.
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