Our last day in the desert was what might be called ‘chill’. Everyone was slow moving in the morning for a variety of reasons, mainly alcohol, but who’s counting. I woke up at 6am to watch the sunrise. Since we’d arrived in the desert, I’d been obsessed with seeing a sunrise. I imagined this spectacular [...]
Day three in the desert had us wake up to say goodbye. The previous day we’d come across random biker guy (aka Jack), who is ultimately biking from Russia to Thailand. Our encounter with him at the Energy Centre, led to him being invited to stay at our ger camp. He joined (like the rest [...]
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Day 2 in the Gobi Desert was out first full day there. At this point in our trip, we were still one person short, who was taking the train to meet us. It was dark when we arrived the night before, so the view out of hotel room window gave us our first glimpse at [...]
The first day of our trip to the East Gobi Desert wasn’t actually spent in the desert. We spent ten hours on a train, getting to the desert. After that trip, I think that trains might be my preferred method of travel from here on out. They allow for people to mingle and get [...]
Ulaanbaatar is one of those cities that had a combination of hidden gems and overly hyped attractions. In many ways, you can look around the city and think that there isn’t much to see. Last Saturday was a day full of both hidden and hyped sites. Our usual group was several people short last weekend [...]
When preparing for this trip, I knew full well that gingers weren’t exactly common in these parts of the world. This is of course a given. I don’t think I fully realized the full extent of the attention i would draw. Therefore, this post will discuss the different reactions I’ve had to just being me. [...]
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Every night in Ulaanbaatar, at the Children’s Palace, the Tumen Ekh (Mongolian National Song and Dance Ensemble) puts on an hour long show. From my knowledge, people don’t really think about Mongolian traditional song and dance. And if they do, they’re only knowledge will be about “Throat Singing”. I will admit that the throat singing [...]
Yesterday started with wandering around. It was rather aimless. I wen to the square, then to a coffee shop. In the course of the aimlessness, I happened upon one of my fellow projects abroad volunteers Naomi. This resulted in the more coffee shop time. A few more of the volunteers joined us at Cafe Amsterdam, [...]
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