Lake Telmen, Zavhan province
The Lonely Planet book writes extensively about Mongolian routes and travel destinations. One of the lakes mentioned is Telmen, a small lake reachable from the road between Zavhan and Hovsgol (Huvsgul, Khuvsgul) aimags.
This is a nice place to stay overnight if you are traveling this route. You should have your own tent and supplies. Being less traveled place it is a very peaceful place. In summer the lake valley should be quite verdant.
The small white objects in the photo are 3 gers of nomadic families. Till the evening we drove from Uliastai town, Zavhan province, to Muron, Hovsgol province. When we came in Muron the city was obviously more prosperous to the point that as if New Year celebration has come. The lights of hotels and sheer number of bustling cars and people made the town really stand out from the rest. We have more of Hovsgol lake pictures which we will upload to our gallery http://www.mogultravel.com/mongoliapicture .
Having spend another busy day in Muron, the northernmost province center, the next day we drove south to Arhangai province, a part of the central region of the country.
On the road, we cut short the road by taking this floating platform run by local young men. It was nice to cut another 100 km distance, 2 hours of work.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
telmen nurr is my name I was born in mongolia and my mom named me that name as the river