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Q: Has anyone been to Mongolia/Tibet?
This has been asked before (Mongolia) and just received one stupid answer from matty. So I thought I'd ask again.
I'd really like to go to one of these places and wondered if anyone had any tips or experienced they'd like to share. It's still a bit of a toss up for me between the two for me.
9 years 35 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - China
I have been to both places both in the winter and the summer months. Both are majestically beautiful in the spring and summer and almost unbearably cold in the winter months. Best time to see Mongolia is during the Naddam Festival in July and Tibet in June. Very tranquil and safe destinations with friendly poor people always hustling to make a few extra dollars. Be kind to them and don't think they are beggars. They people of both regions are extremely proud.
You mean inner Mongolia in China or the Mongolia sandwiched between Russia and China?
xunliang:
Were you just being pedantic or have you actually been to one of them?
ChineseAmerican:
Been to neither. But nobody says Mongolia in China. That is why it is called "NEI Meng Gu".
xunliang:
Please don't try and educate someone by being so pedantic. There's really no need for it. Merely wrote Mongolia out of laziness however I would be interested to here from anyone that had been to either.
ChineseAmerican:
Dude that is a huge difference. You will piss the Mongolian off so badly if you say that in the US. Most Mongolians hate Chinese and they do not want to be part of China. That is why people in China say I have been to Nei Mong Gu rather than I have been to Mong Gu because that is really different. People from Taiwan do not say they are from China. They will say that they are from Taiwan. Mongolia and Inner Mongolia are different. Same goes for Korea. Both North Korea and South Korea are Korea but they are two different Koreas.
ChineseAmerican:
Also New Mexico and Mexico are not the same. One is a state in the US and the other one is a country.
I lived in Inner Mongolia for 4 month in Tongliao. For me it was the most boring city in the world, nothing to see, nothing to do.
It's true they have Grasslands there (2 hours away) but if you come from Europe then this is just a lot of grass for you if not you might be impressed.
i have been to tibet,and tibet is large.which part do you want to go? Ali is the most amazing place and i think it's the only place can represent tibet. but not easy for a foreigner to go there,you need a tour guide from the travel agency listed by the goverment.
I agree about Ali being great. I think the whole west was magical. I also really liked Tsamda. The trip from Ali to Xinjiang was great too, but I did that in the 1990s.
The requirements for allowing foreigners to visit Tibet changes regularly.
For example the last time i checked anyone on a RP can't got to Tibet: you have to return to your home country and travel on a Tourist Visa with an organised group.
