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 have one of [...]
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 addition [...]
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 offering for [...]
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 Felicia’s and [...]
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 are in [...]
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 in the [...]
Day: 272 My alarm went off rudely this morning at 2am. Although I guess it is my fault, I set it. I decided I should follow Tomix and Lena’s (the Polish couple) advice and see the desert in its pitch black, almost full moon, glory. Grudgingly I squirmed my way out of my sleeping bag [...]
Day: 271 I guess coming out of Tibet I had got too used to the cold because now I am baking as we traverse further south. Dripping sweat while being beaten by a hot, dusty wind has forced me to have to use a bandana just to help keep the sun off, and maintain a [...]
Day: 270 9:30 was our designated time to meet up with our new Polish acquaintances and our Mongolian driver to head south into what we have been told would be days at a time without civilization of any sort. After a quick stop at the pharmacy for a supply of eye drops and aspirin, we [...]
