Road trip | Inner Mongolia 2021 | Meeting our friends and checking out Erguna Wetland | Day 11

Road trip Inner Mongolia continues and met friends from Shanghai. Heading to the Eerguna Wetlands, which is an endless prairie wetland with scenery that takes your breath away

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July 10, 2021
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We found our friends!

When we started to plan the trip to Inner Mongolia we also contacted some of our friends. Totalling four families will meet in Inner Mongolia at different locations and travel together in the area. On this day we met the first family and they flew from Shanghai and rented Internet the RV including a driver. This is optional and you can also rent without a driver.

Having lunch with spaghetti bolognese in the prairie amongst cows and horses was astonishing. Fresh air, blue skies, and no hurry, just to enjoy.

RV rental Ineer Mongolia — This is the friend’s RV. They took a flight to Hulunbuir from Shanghai and rented the RV including a local driver. Good choice if you don’t want to drive in China.

Drone flying Inner Mongolia on our road trip by trailer in China — Guess if we are flying a drone in this picture?

never ending grasslands Inner Mongolia on our road trip — Big grasslands behind us with never-ending green fields

Meeting with local motorcyclist Inner Mongolia while traveling in China by caravan — Saying hello to Hulunbuir +50 motorcycle club. They never seen caravan except in the movies and were very curious about the towing arrangement

Free horses strolling around in Inner Mongolia Hulumbuir — Here we have horses and also they are walking around without any bounds

Farm animals on the roads of Inner Mongolia — Now I really understand why the speed limits are so slow on the roads. All farm animals are strolling freely and there is no fences by the roads.

Grasslands Inner Mongolia while road tripping — Some selfies at the grasslands

Continuing the trip to Erguna Wetlands

Found a nice place for a short visit, Eerguna Wetlands. Could not believe we could find so a magnific place in China. Lots of birch tree forests and small rivers circulate thru the forests.

Ergun Wetlands (formerly known as the Gene Wetlands), a plain delta formed by the Argun River, the Gen River, the Derbul River, and the Hawu’er River. The Ergun Wetlands is one of the largest wetlands in Asia, lying about 3 km to the west of Labudalin Subdistrict, Ergun’s urban area and seat of government.

Shopping street at Erguna Wetlands Inner Mongolia — Pre shopping street before the tickets counters and bus to the starting point for climbing

Entrance gate Eerguna Wetlands sighseeing spot — The gate and stairs to the sightseeing spot of Eerguna wetlands

Breathtaking view of the birch trees and the blue sky Inner Mongolia Erguna Wetlands during our road trip in China — The wetlands from above. Full of birch trees which you don’t see in the southern part of China

Family and friends joint photo at Erguna Wetlands — Some small group picture of family and friends

Surrounded by the birch trees and climbing the never-ending stairs

Erguna Wetlands sightseeing, road trip in China by trailer — This is another magnificent view from the sightseeing spot.

Shopping in Ergun city after sightseeing — Almost all the sightseeing spots end with shopping places. This time almost everything was Russian as we are very close to the border

Hulunbuir, Erguna Wetlands small shop with Russian groceries — Surely after the sightseeing, the must shopping continues. This was great as we could buy Russian sausages/chocolate and vodka

Plump statue Inner Mongolia — Some plump statue with the team around it

Boondocking and birthday party in Ergun City

Short visit to Ergun City as we were invited to a birthday party and as there is no campsite closeby we boondocked at the hotel parking lot. This was possible as some of our friends decided to stay overnight in the hotel. Was a little bit tricky to get there as the streets were really narrow and needed to make a 90-degree turn. The birthday party was kept in a yurt-like tent in the city and as usual, the food was great.