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:284
In a city that throughly depresses me, I was happy to spend the day wandering though the endless catacombs of what Felicia and I dubbed “The Great Mall of China”.
My flight home is early tomorrow and Felicia’s back to Singapore is in the afternoon, a few meals and a few hours at my computer making [...]
Day: 283
So in a city where you can’t see the sky because of insane amounts of pollution, the greatest athletes are going to converge, next summer, to achieve their worst times and scores of their careers. How anyone expects these stars to give their best when their eyes are bleary from the particles in the [...]
Day: 282
Felicia (who obviously eats some disgusting things) and I arrive at the Beijing train station around two this afternoon, a taxi ride and we had found a room in an underground hostel beneath China’s biggest shopping mall. After some well deserved wandering from being cramped in a train for two days (which included me [...]
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 [...]
