Wine And Wildflowers – Camping In Khovsgol Lake
“The best place in Mongolia is Khovsgol Lake.” The middle-aged local man pointed at a vast blue patch on a map of his country and nodded assuringly. He drew an …
Photo Journal Of Our Gobi Desert Tour
Stretching across borders and altering preconceptions, the Gobi Desert is as diverse in its offerings as it is large in size. Over 1.3 million square kilometres of intense beauty and …
Changing Paths – Why We Didn’t Buy Horses In Mongolia
“Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” Of all the travel quotes that get …
Beijing To Ulaanbaatar – Transport And Border Information
There are some destinations that every single person should visit in their life. Mongolia is one of them. Many people dream about riding horses across the steppe, trekking on camels …
Riding Camels And Climbing Sand Dunes In The Gobi Desert
The badlands of the Gobi are vast, overwhelming and utterly magnificent. A region that challenges everything you thought you knew about Mongolia. The kind of place that makes you contemplate …
Life On The Steppe With A Mongolian Nomadic Family
The roads across the Mongolian steppe diverged and twisted like a thousand snakes slithering their way through a barren field. Jack, our driver, expertly steered his four-wheel-drive van around the …
Getting A Mongolian Visa In Beijing, China
Getting a Mongolian visa in Beijing was perhaps one of the easiest visa applications we have ever done. We had no idea how to do this when we first got …