Place · 46.36° N · 108.36° E
Choir
Чойр
Roy Chapman Andrews wrote about Choir in two books. Here is what each book says, with excerpts.
- 1919–1920
Across Mongolian PlainsRoy Chapman Andrews
A great lamasery on the caravan road about 175 miles south of Urga, a landmark of the open, game-rich plain. Its Mongolian name is Чойрын хийд (Choir monastery); the modern town of Choir, in Govisümber Province, grew up beside the old monastery site.
…but when we reached a well in the midst of the great plain south of Turin it had to be abandoned, while we went on to Ude, the telegraph station in the middle of…Listen from here · chapter 5, 5:47…meadowlands between Kalgan and Panj-kiang on the south, or between Turin and Urga on the north, according to our observations; they keep almost entirely to the…Listen from here · chapter 11, 17:30 - 1922–1925
On the Trail of Ancient ManRoy Chapman Andrews
A great lamasery on the Kalgan–Urga caravan trail, about 550 miles from Kalgan, used as a rendezvous point. Its Mongolian name is Чойрын хийд (Choir monastery); the modern town of Choir, in Govĭsümber, grew up beside the old monastery site.
…the Pass successfully we would have nothing to fear on the way to Tuerin, for no section of the road is as bad as it is at the Pass and for seventy-five miles…Listen from here · chapter 6, 3:49…Esquire, Anywhere in Mongolia." The letter had been brought to Tuerin by Mr. K. P. Albertson, a very good friend of mine, who had gone to Urga to enter into…Listen from here · chapter 6, 35:26
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