From Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake to Ulziit Camp
Monday, May 26, 2014 This marked one year of adventure travel for us, and what an adventure the day was. More on that later in the post. We had a great night’s sleep in our Ger. When we woke up,…
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Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake (Тэрхийн Цагаан нуур)
Sunday, May 25, 2014 Today was a day of leisure. We got up latish and had a wonderful breakfast prepared by the Fairfield Guesthouse. Caroline had a lattee, surprise surprise. Over breakfast we broke out the map and had yet…
Tsetserleg (Цэцэрлэг)
Saturday, May 24, 2014 We had a very pleasant drive from Ogii Nuur to Karkhorin (Хархорин). It started off on firm dirt tracks and after about 25kms abruptly transitioned to a sealed road (at N47.64613 E102.85266). It is a little…
Ogii Nuur (өгийн нуур)
Friday, May 23, 2014 We ended up spending 6 days in Ulaanbaatar, which was just about the right length of time for us. But it was time to leave and continue our journey. In fact our journey which has been…
Mongolia: Border Crossing and Documentation
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car and ourselves into Mongolia. Mongolia in General Basically there was no documentation needed for us to enter Mongolia. Firstly, as US citizens, we did not…
China: Border Crossing and Documentation
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car and ourselves into China. China in General There apparently is no such thing as independent vehicle travel through China for western tourists like us. This…
Sainshand (Сайншанд)
Thursday, May 15, 2014 After crossing the border we found the local supermarket and stocked up on a few supplies like cheese (still of the plastic variety), salami and bread. Also managed to find some Mars bars. Lunch consisted of…
Car Preparations and Enhancements
Sterlin is our 2002 Land Rover Discovery II and our first expedition vehicle. The dream started in 1992 in a desert town in Morocco where 2 fully expedition worthy Discoverys were our neighbors for a night in the campground. These…
Húnyuán (浑源)
Saturday, May 10, 2014 We woke up to find that it had been raining overnight. A little surprising, as we haven’t seen rain in a good while. Another long day of driving planned so everyone was ready to head north…
Píngyáo (平遥)
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Another longish day of driving most of which were on the express-way to save some time and ease the pain a little. The afternoon activity was a guided visit to Zhangbi Underground Castle. The locals built…
Hánchéng (韩城)
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 After a wonderful three day break in Xi’an it was time to continue the journey north. We got up and away early to try and beat the morning traffic, we were partly successful. The first stop…
Xī’ān (西安)
Saturday, May 3, 2014 Another long drive on fast and free roads. First we had to back-track to Baoji along the same road as the previous day and then continued along the expressway to Xī’ān. In fact we actually stayed…
Màijīshān (麦积山石窟)
Friday, May 2, 2014 It was a long night. Stephen managed to get another tummy bug, and most of the night was spent awake and very near the toilet. These tummy bugs are getting a little annoying and we are…
Hànzhōng (汉中)
Thursday, May 1, 2014 Today was a big driving day for us and also the start of a three day holiday in China. We expected the roads to busy and they were. Fortunately much of the driving was on the…
Xiǎojīn (小金)
Monday, April 28, 2014 It was a cold night as our hotel room did not have any central heating and the outside temperature must have been around 5ºC (40F), or maybe even lower. Fortunately our beds had electric blankets, which…