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Mongolia's Top 14
Statue (
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)
at Tsonjin Boldog, designed by architect J Enkhjargal and sculptor D Erdenebileg
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Amateur historians shouldn't miss the chance to track down Chinggis
Khaan. Pack a copy of
The Secret History of the Mongols
, climb into
your jeep and head east. Start at the place where Chinggis found his famous
golden whip, Tsonjin Boldog (
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), which is now a hill topped with a huge
statue of the great conqueror. Continue on to Khökh Nuur (
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), the site of
his coronation before 100,000 soldiers. The trail gets wilder the further you go,
until finally reaching Dadal (
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)
, the great conqueror's alleged birthplace.
