Friday, May 30, 2014 After breakfast in our room we drove about 20km west of Moron to go and see the Deer Stones there (link to follow). We learned about these while visiting the National Museum in Ulaanbaatar and were…
Thursday, May 29, 2014 After last night’s commotion we woke up to find it was 8:20am! Quiet campsites do promote a good night’s sleep! After breakfast and breaking up camp we started towards Mörön again. On the way we made…
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 The plan was to head north to Khövsgöl Nuur which is the second largest lake in Mongolia. And as the lake was only 100kms away on a good sealed road, we decided to treat ourselves and…
Monday, May 27, 2014 It blew all night and we really felt and heard it in our roof top tent. But regardless, we both got a reasonable night sleep and certainly did not feel the cold with our double duvet…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Friday, May 16, 2014 There wasn’t much to Sainshand, so after breakfast we didn’t hang around and headed north to Ulaanbaatar. The road was good and fast for most of the way and we arrived at the ‘Oasis Cafe and Guesthouse’ just…
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…
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 We have internet – obviously 😉 The drive to the Chinese border town of Erenhot was fast and smooth: we were on the road by 8am and arrived around 1pm, just in time for lunch. We…
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…
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 We had a leisurely morning, since we were waiting to hear news about Ivor. All went well in the end. Around 2:30pm we set off with Marijke and Coen to go and find remnants of the…
