Horses, camels, cows/yaks, goats and sheep
By Rachel We took two days to get back to Ulaanbaatar, and stopped the first morning at a sand dune. Only about 3% of the Gobi is covered with sand, so this spot was very cool. Later, we needed to buy gas in Mandal-Ovoo. This teeming metropolis had plenty of gas, but the pumps weren’t […]
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By Rachel Now, for the lux portion of our trip. The Three Camels Lodge is run by Nomadic Expeditions, and is advertised as a high-class eco-tourism ger camp in the Gobi. We arrived mid-morning, and were greeted by a staff running quickly towards the parking area to greet us. Our luggage was loaded on carts […]
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By Rachel After night #1 we were not so thrilled about camping any more, especially since we were getting into a landscape with no texture to break the wind. Lucky stepped up to the task, and we headed to Ongiin Khiid, where there were several ger camps. We rented a ger for 20,000 tugrugs, or […]
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By Rachel Swarthmore friends Doug and Georgine joined us after our snowy weekend and we set out for the Gobi. Our home away from home arrived around ten to collect us, all our stuff and a satellite dish that Charlie needed to deliver to Naraa at Gobi Wave. Packed to the gills, we set off […]
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Teams America, Ethiopia and Mongolia saw the Gobi and had a tremendous time. We are off this morning on the train to Beijing. Look for more updates in about a week.
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by Rachel Our college friends Rob and Gabe arrived on Sunday. A few hours later, we headed out to the lodge in the Terelj National Park that Charlie and I like. We slept in a cozy little ger, which was lucky because our visit coincided with a snowstorm. The snow was a good thing because […]
Continue ReadingBy Charlie There was no hot water this morning, so I took a cold shower. I had to do it because I didn’t take a shower yesterday. I didn’t take a shower yesterday because there was no hot water. The good news is that the internet worked this morning after being off all day yesterday. […]
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By Charlie Here’s an exciting entry featuring numerous developments of the past two weeks. Stealing the Internet Having failed to steal the cable that feeds electricity to our building, the Mongolian cable theft mafia took their business south on Thursday. According to my new friend Luke, they apparently tried to steal a portion of the […]
Continue ReadingBy Rachel I won’t go to Thursday’s La Leche meeting, since I’m not breastfeeding anyone at the moment. But I did go to Book Club last night. And I did chat outside the gym on Tuesday morning. And I did visit the playground on Sunday afternoon. Such is the life of an ex-pat mom in […]
Continue ReadingBy Rachel This week marks the last week that Charlie and I will be alone in our apartment. With the arrival of our college friends Rob and Gabe on May 7, The Visiting will officially begin. We are very excited to see everyone who is coming and go on our various adventures with them. The […]
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