Day: 285
I am at home now after the last seven weeks wandering about China, Tibet and Mongolia. I was less than impressed with the northern region of China, but as a gateway to the amazing places in Tibet and Mongolia it was a necessary evil.
Here are some of my favorites from the last 7 weeks. [...]
Day: 281
Essentially today consisted of getting back on a train to spend 30 hours going the other direction back into China. Lots of snacks and Ipod time.
Day: 280
Today consisted of a day of recovery back in Ulaan Bataar, I really didnt even drag out my camera for more than a few minutes.
Day: 279
Karakhorin was once the capital of the world, essentially. When Chinggis ruled Mongolia, the rest of Asia and parts of Europe he did so from here. Now nothing remains of that capital, and what is left of the city is a tiny settlement of almost no consequence. Although they do [...]
Day: 278
In an attempt to limit the amount of stuff I am going to pile on my blog at once, from the lack of internet connection for the last 10 days I am going to just give you a few pictures and nothing long or elaborate as far as stories go today. In [...]
Day: 277
Just when I think I have done so much in the world, I wander across one of the worlds most pristine camping spots right next to an amazing gorge with a river trickling down the middle. To top it all off, the German girls driver, Bolt, decided to make a peace [...]
Day: 276
Ick!!
It’s the only thought that was able to cross my mind as the 14th blasting gust of sandy wind pummeled us from the window of our over-crowded aging Russian beast. The German girl’s driver also decided to crowd his was into our van, sitting on a pile of pillows at [...]
Day: 275
Today is our first day in a week that we haven’t had to pack up our bags and move on to somewhere new, although with the insane afternoon sandstorms we ended up huddled in our ger for a few hours anyhow. The break was exceptionally deserved after what the morning did to my [...]
Day: 274
The Mongolian population doesn’t actually believe in roads of any sort, everyone is just required to have four wheel drive then plow through the countryside creating fresh tracks. About half the time we are driving along with absolutely no road of any sort, and the other half of the time we [...]
Day: 273
-Went to an ice filled valley in the middle of the sweltering desert where we got slightly lost and turned a three hour hike into five. We ran out of water and never got to eat luch. When we got back to our Russian jalopy, we found our driver unconcernedly sleeping [...]
