
Last Days in Mongolia – Photos and Blog Dirt-Road biking in Uvs and Bayan-Olgii
[I got a bit carried away with this blog – about time some may say – but if you just want the photos, skip to the bottom] After a few…
[I got a bit carried away with this blog – about time some may say – but if you just want the photos, skip to the bottom] After a few…
Having made it to Kharkhorin and had a look round the Erd Zuu monastery, I was looking forward to beginning the off-road adventures through Mongolia. Alas, progress has been made…
Having made the decision not to do a big packrafting trip, the relief was tangible. Finally I felt like I could do things I really wanted to. And I wanted…
It’s time for a round-up of the last few weeks… you may have noticed, there hasn’t been an awful lot of cycling. I had great plans, but sometimes they don’t…
The second day of Naadam, I took a bus 40 kilometres out of Ulaanbaatar with Dimitri Kieffer (who is circumnavigating the world by human-power and I’d highly recommend following his journey), who…
Sticking around Ulaanbaatar means I’ve had the chance to see some of the Naadam Festival. Essentially one big holiday where families gather to watch the wrestling, horse-racing and archery, as…
I’m here in Ulaanbaatar for the Naadam Festival and until next week when I can get my Kazakhstan visa. The one guy at the embassy who issues them is on…
I’m now in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s thriving capital, where half the country’s population lives. Finding it too easy to linger here, I have not yet been packrafting, so instead I’ve been…