Category Archives: Mongolia

So after an eventful night we woke up to the clickity clack of the train and when we opened the curtains we were gazing out across the Steppes of Mongolia. What a sight to see, the sky was a brilliant blue and the scenery stretched out for miles. To be fair there wasn’t much toContinue reading “Arrival in Ulaanbaatar “

Ulaanbaatar is weird. It’s full of opposites. It’s one of the worst polluters in the world in winter yet every third car is a Prius. The written language is either so close to English you can pretty much understand or looks like a drunk dyslexic has grouped together a whole heap of wxys all togetherContinue reading “Ulaan Bataar Day 1”

We didn’t really know exactly what we were going to do in Mongolia but had a few ideas. After chatting with our host Baatar he offered to take us on a tour which would take in some of the adventurous places we were thinking of. We checked out prices and worked out that his wasContinue reading “Off On Tour in Mongolia”

We awoke before dawn to Grandma restocking our fire. I stuck my hand out and it was freezing outside. But the fire soon warmed the ger and we were toasty warm. Breakfast was simple fare of bread, biscotti and jam. But the best part was the homemade butter/cream. I don’t think I have ever hadContinue reading “Karakoram and surrounds”

Today we had placed our faith in Baatar our host for another tour. We were essentially getting a lift to a nearby National Park called Terelj but on the way we were going to see another couple of places. Once again we weren’t quite sure what the plan was but we were ready at 9Continue reading “Trip to Terelj National Park”

It was pretty toasty in the ger when we awoke and Tim stoked the fire. We needed to venture outside for our morning pee and opened the door to a blanket of crisp white snow covering of everything. It must have snowed all throughout the night. It was one of the prettiest things I haveContinue reading “Snow in Terelj”