Good Bye Mongolia...

I will upload more photos when I’m not in China, these photos are on my blog Database and I don’t have much room to put the big files on there, I have plenty to show you. Geek talk over now, on with the show. 10 days out in the Mongolian countryside, this time I’m heading north west to the Russian boarder and to Mongolia’s deepest lake called Lake Khuvsgul home to the Tsaatan….. The Reindeer people. Once at the lake I shall be doing a 4 day horse trek north along the edge of the lake. So this time I was in a smaller group, One girl from...

Naadam...

When I booked my trip to Mongolia I hadn’t realised I booked it around the most important holiday of Mongolia. The Naadam festival. I knew it was going to be a busy time but nothing prepared me for when we got back to UB from our trip. The hostel was so full they were selling room to sleep on the floor in the common room, it was a right job to get some sleep or grab a shower so for the 1st time this trip I lost it and had to go and cool down somewhere. Where is the best place to chill out in UB? The Buddhist temple of course and watch the monks perform their morning...

Welcome to the Crazy World!...

On arrival to UB (its what everyone calls Ulan-Bator, darling) i was greeted by hugs and smiles from the owners of the guest house which will be my home for the next month ‘The Golden Gobi’. After getting settled in to my dorm I met my fellow Trans-Mongolian passengers Richard and Mel a couple from the UK and Canada. the 1st nice Canadian i have met on my travels. Emma from London reminded me of a female Shortman, loud bubbly and very funny. Virgina from LA, I’ve decided that people from California are the nicest people in the US. I’ve met so many...