Originally Posted by RustyC

Went there two years ago at this time by hitching it up with my regular Asia trip and using Cebu Pacific to get from BKK to ICN via MNL (on what turned out to be the inaugural flight of their first A330) and then KE miles for the all-important ICN-ULN-ICN part. The bulk of the KE miles came from a trip 21 years before, topped off via a credit card from U.S. Bank with slow earning, only 5K introductory but no annual fee. The KE flights were totally full both in and out.

Alas, timeframes allowed only for Naadam and a few days outside that to places like the Tuul Gol, the national park and that big Genghis Khan statue, so I wished I could put together a bloc to see Lake Khusvugol, the far west or the Gobi but missed the opportunity by about 13 years (the time since I could last clear that much time). Good 4 u for getting there when u did...if Air Asia or someone like that were able to operate seasonal service out of BKK, KUL or SIN it'd open a floodgate, just as happened with Angkor, Luang Prabang, etc.