Sun & Moon Bed & Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Ulan Bator
All aboard!
... car, I'm getting used to eating in smoke filled rooms, reminiscent of earlier times back home. The cold beer helps sooth the irritation in the throat from all the smoke.
I can't help but thinking this will be a very long trip but the first 7 hours have flown by. I am dozing every couple of hours because I know I won't be getting much sleep tonight as we have the border ...
Auf in die Mongolei!
... Sie hat uns zum Essen eingeladen und uns nicht erlaubt Maut oder Tankkosten zu uebernehmen! Wow!
Ich habe mich zwar jeden Moment schon Reifenwechseln gesehen, aber wie durch ein Wunder sind wir wieder heil in UB angekommen. Gestern (06. Oktober) sind wir auch noch bei ihr Zuhause zum Essen und auf Vodka eingeladen gewesen. Saruul, ihr Freund Arna, Simi und ich haben einen schoenen Abend verbracht. Die Mongolen sind ...
Ger to Ger, Terelj National Park
We were ready to get out of the city so found ourselves a 4 day tour with a community/charity based company called 'ger to ger', where you stay with different families each day out in Terelj National Park. We mentioned the tour to a fellow traveller, Yotam staying in our hostel as he was looking to do something similar so he joined us in booking the same trip. The good thing about the company was that 80% of what we paid went directly to the families and it was also ...
Episode 16
... about him, but there was not much we could do. The four of us has a lovely quiet night and headed off the next morning towards Bayan and at five o’clock decided we were tired and cold and in desperate need of a hot shower and hotel bed after 3 nights wild camping. Richard caught up with us and stayed in the same hotel which only had 2 rooms available. Since Richard snores like a chain saw we decided that he needs a room on his own and we ...
Mongolian Magic
... as the last rays of the sun were setting. Our understanding was that we were going to leave the horses, well ponies really, at this camp and the van would come pick us up and take us back to our camp. This turned out not to be the case.
We were told to get back on and we were going to ride back the same way that we had come. We were having lots of fun still, but the issue was that as soon as the sun sets in Mongolia, the temperature drops about 15 degrees and we were not ...