Travelling Off-Grid to the Empty Mongolian Steppe 🇲🇳 Монгол

Leaving Ulaanbaatar, I travel off-grid to the Mongolian Steppe. Beginning my journey around the wilderness, I start by visiting the White Stupa and Yol Valley, finishing the video in the southern Gobi Desert (Монгол).
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I'm Jason, a full-time British Travel Vlogger and KZbinr who's been to 61 countries. I've been travelling around the world full-time since 2017.
I have travel series' from many of the world's best (and least) known destinations. I filmed the first vlogs on my channel in the summer of 2016 after spending a year living in China. A proper solo trip around Eastern Europe followed after graduating from University in the summer of 2017, taking me to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo. This marked the start of my efforts to turn vlogging into a full-time job.
After that European trip I explored much of Asia: visiting India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea and Kazakhstan.
I have also travelled to North Africa and the Middle East fairly extensively over the last five years, filming videos in Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.
I've travelled to North America just once as a KZbinr, visiting Mexico in 2021. Though I have been to both the USA and Canada, this was as a child on family holidays.
In 2022, I took my first trip to Sub Saharan Africa, visiting Kenya and Tanzania, before heading to the Middle East, stopping in Dubai and Lebanon. Europe followed, covering both the Greek and Turkish sides of Cyprus, and afterwards going back to Italy for the second time to cover Milan and Sicily. I then visited the Caribbean for the first time, covering the Dominican Republic, before heading to both Brussels and Amsterdam, then covering Taiwan and the Philippines in Asia. I finished off the year with a trip around Morocco.
I started my travels in 2023 by finally visiting Paris, taking the Eurostar from London. I then headed over to Qatar for a few days, before heading to Asia, with videos following from India, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and Mongolia.
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[@JasonBillamTravel]

Let's see if we can hit 1k likes above! ^

[@user-xx9up2xl7o]

Yes, I enjoyed the wonderful landscapes and the photography is amazing. Bravo, my friend, keep posting beautiful content. You deserve millions of subscriptions 🎉❤

[@leonward3445]

Totally ignorant about Mongolia up to now so thanks for that. We were amazed at how much the landscape resembles outback Australia only quite a bit colder. The really, really, flat bits are our specially.

[@BobI-jb4rk]

Mad respect to you for having the balls to go on extreme adventures and sharing the journey with us!!!

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Appreciate that!

[@patriciafuchs5970]

What a beautiful experience. I appreciate you respecting their space and home. The scenery is so vast and deceptively empty until you know what to look for. The camels make you think of Marco Polo exploring. Being spoiled by the richness and bounty of North America, you ignorantly don’t realize how blessed we are to have ample water, indoor plumbing. We also do not have the resiliency to live as these people do, nor have we adhered to customs which so enrich cultures. Wind swept beauty leaves one in awe of this place. Thank you for reminding me to count my blessings while respecting that they also count their own.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

I think it’s so important. Respect has to come first before content. I have a full video showing a family and the local experience (which we got permission for).

[@air03031989]

My dream country to visit ❤❤

[@torvalderiksson7921]

Fantastic introduction to Gobi Desert. Thanks Jason!

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Glad you liked it!

[@AlexG-zd6bn]

That landscape is unbelievably beautiful! I'm glad you filmed in Mongolia. It's not a place I hear about a lot.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

It was incredible - something quite different.

[@Jpkjr52]

I am a city person and truly enjoying this.Thanks again John in Chicago

[@marcambouphaure]

Mongolia 🇲🇳 is on my bucket list

[@tally1604]

Star-gazing in the desert is an experience like no other. I'm still on an astronomy and astrophysics kick after spending a week in the desert in Central Asia about 7 years ago.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

For sure. I did it properly in the Negev Desert in 2019 with an expert. One of the most magical experiences I’ve ever had.

[@lizsharpe1031]

Wow, wow, wow--love it Jason, thank you!

[@eddie_d1233]

This is absolutely amazing to see. The vastness, the beautiful skies. I hope in the next videos we will get to see the clear and bright nighttime sky. You give us such a peek into countries we will never get to see. Thanks.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Appreciate your comment Eddie. It was incredible!

[@marydawkins4190]

The beautiful thing about gurs/yurts is they are free standing bc of the round design with the roof rafters meeting at a center roof ring. That rock was probably holding the roof ring down for some other reasons. I have one (that I made myself from scratch) that I've had the joy of living in for two weeks out of every year for the last 18 years. It's never wobbled or failed me in winds or rain. It's one of my most favorite experiences ever, every year.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

That sounds great - good on you!

[@Mairtaih]

The landscape may look empty but when you explore the nature or just be in the countryside it gives you an incredible amount of relief and a feeling of warmth. I don’t know if everyone feels the same but it’s so unique.

[@stoneruler]

I'm going to do your tour! Your videos speak louder than a hundred phots. I was initially unsure whether this place is worth it, now I'm sold!

[@steinzolo4114]

Wow, mesmerizing! Your video makes us to visit Mongolia.

[@Isabela-tt3io]

what a beautiful place

[@davidbarrett590]

Absolutely amzing!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Good stuff Jason, looks like pretty simple living conditions as to be expected but love those wide open, unpopulated landscapes. Definitely a unique place, I'm even more intrigued to visit. Water looks ridiculously scarce. Did you get the chance to take a single shower on the trip? Maybe I'll find out in the other videos.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thanks Gabe! I managed to squeeze in just one shower in the 9 days. Thankfully it came about halfway on the trip so it worked out well. Most of the time we used wet wipes and bottled water to wash as best we could.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I see, good to know. It looks like an all around amazing trip.

[@nielsrosink5051]

Nice one Jason, Mongolia looks interesting 😊

[@Mango_TalingChan]

Great journalism. I like your friendly and unbiased approach to a different culture.

[@55jhjhjkjk]

ger life is the most interesting part of your video ! 🙂

[@JasonBillamTravel]

More to come on the Ger front!

[@octopusyful]

Thanks for this beautiful video

[@bernardob1005]

Your videos are always amazing, such a pleasure to "go along with you" on these awesome locations. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thank you!

[@ianjunitedk]

Fantastic video Jason! I saved this one to the playlist as I try to showcase some of the other content creators as well as my own stuff. Keep travelling and keep inspiring. Full respect! :)

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thanks man!

[@danielvalenzuela9764]

Wow what a great video. And great experience. Thank you for showing us this great trip you are having.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Appreciate that.

[@gabrielasimon2604]

Amazing video! 🥰

[@ganaagana5685]

Thank you traveling my country.

[@m.a.c.h.i.n.e.9769]

Hi Jason, great tour and thanks a lot for let us taking part of it! If you are back in U.B. please make a video of more ShoppingMalls, Cinemas, Supermarkets, Restaurants… …and also the prices would keep us interesting… …enjoy Mongolia 🇲🇳 …greetings from Angola 🇦🇴

[@UndergroundDoggo]

The steppes are something else. Something so serene is in the air. Thanks for sharing :)

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Definitely!

[@francoismarc3]

Great video series! I just left Mongolia a month ago. Yooo, who does your thumbnails? I need to hire them!

[@Budinky]

Thanks Jason! What an interesting country, it’s on my list…

[@JasonBillamTravel]

As it should be - it’s unlike anywhere else I’ve been to!

[@Peter-vo1gt]

Superb.

[@siddrella]

Very nice

[@JauneMacReady]

Well done Jason. So, i picked up Marco Polo's Travels after watching your last video. Only just working through the introduction at the moment - stunned at the history. How our world is so small compared to those long off times. To think that when Marco Polo's father returned from his adventures his wife had died! Unthinkable in these days... I love it. Thank you for your adventures and widening of my mind ❤

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Excellent! It’s quite a dense book that goes off on a lot of tangents. Some of what he shares will have your jaw on the floor.

[@pushpasharma5591]

Thankyou so much for showing such woderfu vrdio.

[@sharonjanethague7181]

Thanks for sharing!

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thanks for watching!

[@Anee988]

How much did the tour approx cost you?

[@hamishjohnson325]

I live next door to the flower hotel, and namaste does a great curry!

[@user-xx9up2xl7o]

My friend, you are a nice person, and your channel is wonderful and entertaining, with beautiful photography. I support you, Bravo ❤

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thanks!

[@user-xx9up2xl7o]

​@@JasonBillamTravel You're welcome my friend 🎉❤

[@bknight045]

I'd say you are one Steppe ahead

[@55jhjhjkjk]

what an amazing video Jason! is that van comfortable? looks like an sovjet oltimer ! :-) the views are amazing...looking forward for more :-)

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Despite being a bumpy trip I found it to be comfortable and kind of cosy. You get used to it.

[@SonicWavePassengerMusic]

im very stoned and i appreciate the psychedelic nature of the chord of intrigue playing over 5:55, tbh i could have had it for the rest of the video, maybe do a patreon for stoners? good video

[@juliechaput1084]

Thanks for the marvelous and zen images. Could you film the starry sky at night please? And it would be interesting to present your travel companions (guides and travelers), peace! ✌ From Canada

[@JasonBillamTravel]

I tried but it really doesn’t do it justice. I will cover the topic of the stars in one of the future videos on this trip.

[@mpoliva9559]

Great series, and quite mesmerising to see the wide open space of Gobi, looking forward to the next ones! Silly question: how dark does it get inside the ger at night? I mean, does some of the light of the starry sky filter through at all? I have a bit of a phobia of sleeping in the pitch black, so that kinda puts me off, much more than other inconveniences... oh well, I guess I'll just have to get over it anyway coz I REALLY want to go!!!😅

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Honestly, it gets pretty dark. Though I don’t think it was ever absolutely pitch black. Some moonlight tends to filter through the top of the Ger. If you head outside for the toilet you’ll need to use a torch. Some of the camps we stayed at had a plug, so if you’re charging something overnight like a powerbank, that can offer you a bit of light.

[@mpoliva9559]

@@JasonBillamTravel hehe, thanks for answering my random q's!!!😄 As I said, I'll have to man up (woman up?🤭) and do it regardless

[@WonderfulWorld-ci6wb]

สวัสดีค่ะ🙏🌹

[@filmawayvlad]

Hi Jason! Сайн байн уу?

[@_Rich_S]

How do you keep your hair so perfect on 3 drops of water a day?! Great vid, not a destination for me but I loved seeing it 👍

[@craigadams4143]

....I was thinking the same thing!😂

[@aggy1230]

👌👌👌✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍

[@munkhbatganaa4453]

This looks big enough like stop and shop in usa

[@LanceoftheNoe]

Jason, their website as a number of tours. Which one are you on?

[@iinarrab19]

Jason can give you the link but it is "Gobi & Orkhon Valley" 9 Day Tour

[@JasonBillamTravel]

tourinmongolia.com/tour/9-days-gobi-and-orkhon-valley-tour/

[@LanceoftheNoe]

@@JasonBillamTravel thanks mate! Love your channel!

[@liortepper3619]

Beautiful places and videos. Although as a gluten free vegan I will probably have nothing eat, it really makes me want to go. Thanks for your work. Just in the future dont waste their water just for the video :)

[@JasonBillamTravel]

That’s tough. It’s very meat heavy (mutton and beef) and there’s no shortage of milk drinking each day (horse, yak, you name it). It might be doable if you stock up on your own food from the hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar before the trip starts. You can also contact Sunpath directly and they might be able to accommodate you.

[@iinarrab19]

As Jason said, you can communicate to Sunpath about your dietary needs. I think they can accommodate that. It is going to be tough, you might feel out of place, and will not be able to fully have the Mongolian nomadic experience but if you're cool with that, then you are good to go.

[@hoolidii]

yeah as the iinarrab19 says I think you can accommodate that. I have watched another person's video. And she went with her family (including a toddler and an infant). They were all vegan. And their reserved tour guide ppl (idk what to call) actually got some food for the whole travel. But they went to the north part of Mongolia, so it would have more veggies. They had a portable shower and toilet. But if u want to feel the real nomad experience just go to the river. (But don't go into it) And u can actually ask for more water if there is this sinkish thing but out of water. It's actually just for not to waste the water. They will totally refill it if u ask. Plus i don't recommend the Purgon car (The russian van) and it will make ur butt soar. Rent a car or just go with modern car. As a mongolian i guarantee that ur butt will get hurt.

[@littlemo1609]

how do you manage to keep your hair short/ looking good on your travels?

[@JasonBillamTravel]

I’m not really sure, I get a haircut every month or so?

[@canuckcoffeecanada]

The scope of your travels is staggering… my only question - and it’s a tough one: how do you fund all this travel? Are you doing a side gig as a writer… or are you developing software or consulting on some level? You seem to be in a steady state of chill and relaxed travel. Remarkable!

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thanks! Through KZbin ad revenue and sponsorships.

[@canuckcoffeecanada]

@@JasonBillamTravel Understood! 😉

[@canuckcoffeecanada]

@@JasonBillamTravel The quality of your video has taken quite the uptick in the last 6-8 months… new 4K camera? Very noticeable. Big fan.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

It’s not 4K actually - this video was shot on my Canon M50 with a gimbal and rode mic. In other videos I’ve used my GoPro which perhaps doesn’t look as smooth as this setup.

[@canuckcoffeecanada]

@@JasonBillamTravel not native 4K? I’m watching on a 10 year old Sony Bravia - and your media looks remarkable via an Apple 4K TV “upscale” well done.

[@55jhjhjkjk]

how do you guys pass the evenings?

[@iinarrab19]

we just slept at night. typically we finish eating by 9pm and go to bed, talk to each other, check our phones (if there is a signal) then sleep. In the morning it was all activities so it is satisfyingly tiring.

[@leemarvingaye4506]

How’s the mosquitoes in the summer there?

[@iinarrab19]

Inside the ger where we slept, not much really. I think that is because it is really windy and cold.

[@pengumf9048]

if you explore more you will find A class very good weed-free

[@user-gq2ov5jo9u]

are you from?

[@Chasworth]

First and best comment

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

Not 'super, it is 'hyper' there is a real difference.

[@ragibishrak7862]

Hey Jason, Remember Bangladesh?

[@JOVICHANNEL1]

First 😂

[@JM-zf1zq]

the toilet business is something that would put me off going to places like this

[@iinarrab19]

indeed, but you will get used to it. some camps have air freshener in them. others dont even have a door lol.

[@JM-zf1zq]

@@iinarrab19 I don’t think I’d enjoy having to face a camel at my toilet without door looking at my what’s it😂

[@iinarrab19]

it's quite funny and you'll get used to it yelling to people as your hear their footsteps approaching haha@@JM-zf1zq

[@user-nq8uv1tw3u]

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[@vibes4489]

16th comment

[@chefclubsuperstars1175]

Ibe been defrauded

[@gamerboyz2024]

Jason needs some happy pills. He sounds bored?

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Trust me I’m excited 😂

[@craigadams4143]

He is just " laid back Jason"! A welcome change from most of the other hyped up KZbin bloggers...

[@chefclubsuperstars1175]

Do you understand I have nothing to do with anyone's displacement

[@STUDIOSKC]

Love your videos, I watch so many of them over and over, especially middle eastern / Islamic trips. You're a great ambassador for our country. Maybe you should do similar to showcase our country too?

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thanks a lot. Where are you from?