We had no intentions of visiting Mongolia right now, but here we are, traveling to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia! This will be our first time in Mongolia, and after planning this trip on short notice after missing our flights to Vietnam, we really don't know what to expect. We have very little planned, but we have heard such incredible things about traveling in Mongolia, so we are ready to go into the country with an open mind and see what the country has in store for us.
After 5 weeks in Japan, we have been spoiled with access to anything we could want, incredible transportation, and time with family. After all these luxuries, we thought we'd visit Vietnam and dive in to the hustle and bustle of Southeast Asia. After making a silly travel mistake that cost us about $500, we decided to completely change plans and booked flights to Mongolia! We are ready to put our travel skills to the test and travel to a country that is known to be much more difficult to travel in.
Mongolia doesn't get a lot of tourists, so the infrastructure for visitors isn't built up yet. What that means is that we really don't know what we are getting ourselves into by traveling to Mongolia, but we know that whatever we manage to put together will be an adventure! Mongolia is the least densely populated country in the world, where people often live a nomadic life and have a lot of room to do so! We honestly don't know what we expect from this country, but we are up to create some epic memories.
In this video, we leave Fukuoka, Japan, and begin the long journey to Ulaanbaatar. We have a 21 hour layover in South Korea's Incheon airport, and it turns out there's a lot to do in Incheon airport. The airport feels like a shopping mall, but it also has nap pods and fre public showers for transit passengers. Our layover in South Korea turned out to be our best layover yet!
After finally arriving in Mongolia a whole day after leaving Japan, we were so excited to see what this new country is like! Arriving in Mongolia was very smooth - we were able to take out cash, buy SIM cards, grab a delicious coffee, and our driver was there as soon as we arrived. Our first impressions of Mongolia were pretty hilarious, mostly because we just left Japan and these two countries could not be more different!
This is the first video in our Mongolia series, and we can tell it is going to be a pretty incredible series! We hope you love it!
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== Chapters ==
0:00 What the heck happened to Vietnam?
2:29 Bye Japan!
3:09 Incheon airport is huge
6:13 Incheon's overnight experience is unmatched
8:43 We're nervous about Mongolia
11:27 Welcome to Mongolia!
14:45 First impressions of Mongolia
16:45 Room tour and plans for the country
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