Hello friends!
In a few hours I am at long last leaving for the Gobi. Karly, the Aussie I met in Russia, and I have hired a van and driver to take us to the Flaming Cliffs (where archaeologists keep finding dinosaur bones, eggs, etc) and the great sand dunes. Then he’ll take us to the [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Gobi or bust
Posted in Mongolia, tagged China, Gobi Desert, Kashgar, Mongolia, Sichuan, Urumqi on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bagged my first peak
Posted in Mongolia, tagged Bayan-Olgii, hiking, Mongolia, Olgii, Tavan Bogd, trek, trekking on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I never would have imagined myself going to a place called “base camp” by my own choice and on my own dime. Base camp means cold, and I like warm. Base camp means mountain, and I like sea. Base camp means uphill, and I’m more of a coaster.
But there I was, trudging along the [...]
Back from western Mongolia
Posted in China, Mongolia, tagged China, Mongolia on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just got back to UB after a two-week trekking and camping trip to western Mongolia. I’ll write all about it by tomorrow, but I wanted to drop a quick post to answer the “where the hell are you” emails that have clogged my Inbox during my absence.
It was a last-minute decision to join a [...]
The nomadic sloths
Posted in Mongolia, Uncategorized, tagged Ger to Ger, horseback riding, Mongolia, nomad, ox cart, Terelj, Ulaan Baatar on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night I returned from my Ger-to-Ger (G2G) trip smelling of sheep, horses and sour milk.
As the bus rolled west towards Ulaan Baatar from the hills of Terelj National Park, a dramatic thunderstorm rolled east, dropping gallons of water that turned the streets of UB into muddy streams.
I was joined on my 6-day/5-night holiday [...]
